Quotes about People

The people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, & they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree.

Concupierunt concupiscentiam in deserto. . . . Numquid poterit parare mensam populo suo?

I will give them a heart to understand that I am Yahweh, and they shall be my people and I will be their God when they return to me with all their heart. —JEREMIAH 24:7

To me, Herod symbolizes the terrible destruction that fearful people can leave in their wake if their fear is unacknowledged, if they have power but can only use it in furtive, pathetic, and futile attempts at self-preservation.

according to the text, numbering the people was nearly a year-long process, and there is no clear indication that God had suspended the initial

It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter.

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.

In the midst of the emotional and spiritual upset that occurs when a church hurts or disappoints us, we tend to lose sight of the fact that the local church is merely a collection of people on a challenging journey - a group of people that are involved in a long-term transformation process.

They're really good people. Quakers are always to be found where they're most needed.

I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don't like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

The government is supposed to conform to our will. By taking the most important thing you have, your health and your health care, and turning that over to the government, you fundamentally shift the power, a huge chunk of it, from the people to the government. This is not the direction that we want the government to go in this nation.