I like the feeling of being dominated. It actually makes me feel safe as opposed to challenged.
Reflect upon your own spirit, and believe Him that said it to His overzealous disciples, 'You know not what spirit you are of. '
The greatest crime is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.
But who is to decide who truly fears the Lord? The magistrate has no power to enforce religious demands. The laws of the First Table of the Ten Commandments are not regulations for a civil society or a political order. They belong to the realm of religion, not politics.
It is less hurtful to compel a man to marry someone whom he does not love than to follow a religion in which he does not believe.
The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.
God is too large to be housed under one roof.
If a sect arises whose tenets would subvert morals, good sense has fair play and reasons and laughs it out of doors without suffering the State to be troubled with it.
You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much. It was awesome she was backing me up and defending me.
Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds me that if you are black in America and you're alive, you deserve a round of applause. There are so many forces that don't want us to be alive, and so just being openly who I am, and happy and thriving, is a political act.
I wear my heart on my sleeve.