"The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me." ― Lionel Blue Topic(s): Freedom More From Lionel Blue "For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God." "To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn’t wish my teens and 20s on my enemies." "I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can’t be learnt in lecture halls." More In Freedom "I suppose there’s a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it’s the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom."― George Will "Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."― Hubert H. Humphrey "Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?"― Mahatma Gandhi