#rei

What obliged her to put her faith in a foreign religion. Catholic, universal, what you will, the problem remains: Catholicism springs from the Western world. Even to understand it is European. It is supported by Europe's institutions, and one can love it only by enrolling oneself in the history of a civilization. ↗

— V Y Mudimbe

#catholicism #foreign #religion #faith

Als it is hard for America to fight wars in the name of freedom, if those people themselves choose for nonfreedom. Can America and England save India from communism, if they vote communist themselves. ↗

— Oswald Mosley

#communist #foreign-policy #freedom #imperialism #india

If it gathers dust, give it away ... ↗

— Ian Tucker

#happiness #inner-peace #reiki #freedom

It's all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don't rule it out. ↗

— Niall Ferguson

#interventionism #isolationism #noninterventionism #realpolitik #sovereignty

Our mission is not to impose our peculiar institutions upon other nations by physical force or diplomatic treachery but rather by internal peace and prosperity to solve the problem of self-government and reconcile democratic freedom with national stability. ↗

— Benjamin Harrison

#foreign-relations #government #freedom

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want. ↗

— Mark Driscoll

#sovereignty-of-god #words #friendship

Friendship evangelism' is the freedom to Agape others without an agenda (Young)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#agenda #evangelism #freindship-and-love #r-alan-woods #freedom

Tu seras toujours mon ami. Tu auras envie de rire avec moi. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#foreign-language #french #friendship #laughter #friendship

I am a foreigner, but I like to hide the fact. I'd rather people be prejudiced against my personality. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #personality #prejudice #racism

While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#foreign #freedom #freedom-of-choice #freedom-of-thought #home