Quote by John Calvin
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whene

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us – as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. – John Calvin

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No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. – John Calvin

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God
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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. – John Calvin

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Fear
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Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men. – John Calvin

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That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation. – Anish Kapoor

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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. – Walter Lippmann

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The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether its Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of womens rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. – James McGreevey

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If youre not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary. – Malcolm X

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All quotation dictionaries stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, which must be consulted as part of the effort to make sure that no famous quotations are missed. – Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale Book of Quotations, 2006 (Acknowledgements)

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