Leo McKern quotes

Leo McKern quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.”
-- Leo McKern

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“I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt.”
-- Leo McKern

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“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.”
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”
“I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe that whether or not there's a God, there is such a thing as sacredness. Life is sacred. The Sabbath can be a sacred day. Prayer can be a sacred ritual. There is something transcendent, beyond the everyday. It's possible that humans created this sacredness ourselves, but that doesn't take away from its power or importance.”
“Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.”
“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”
“I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.”
“Mission is the practical demonstration, whether by speech or by action, of the glorious lordship of Jesus.”
“The time-deaf are unable to speak what they know. For speech needs a sequence of words, spoken in time.”
“His speech is a burning fire.”

Source : Algernon Charles Swinburne, H. M. Burton (2014). “Selections from Swinburne”, p.77, Cambridge University Press

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