John Goodwin quotes

“Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws never gave and a right which laws can never take away.”
-- John Goodwin

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“Theater people work by instinct. I've never known a really calculated artistic decision.”
-- John Goodwin

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“The internet is the most powerful mechanism we can imagine to match perfectly individuals who needs something, and people with something to offer.”
-- John Goodwin

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“There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.”

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”

“The extent to which YOU take responsibility over something is the extent to which YOU take control over it.”

“What makes sense is not law, syntax, rules or structure”

“There is no justice in following unjust laws.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press

“If the divine Mercy grants him the knowledge of himself, then his adoration will be pure; and, for him, paradise and hell, recompense, spiritual degrees and all created things will be as though God had never created them. He will not accord them any importance, nor will he take them into consideration, except to the extent that it is prescribed by the divine Law and Wisdom. For then he will know Who is the sole Agent.”

“A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.”

Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

“But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.”

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”

“Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.”