As quoted in The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations (1998) by Connie Robertson, p. 86
Post-Prime Ministerial
Source: 1960's, The Bride and the Bachelors, (1962), p. 3
Source: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“His great passion in the world ought to be a passion for the liberation of men.”
The Ethics of Freedom (1973 - 1974)
Context: It seems to me that the free man, i. e., the man freed in Christ, ought to take parts in all movements that aim at human freedom. He obviously ought to oppose all dictatorship and oppression and all the fatalities which crush man. The Christian cannot bear it that others should be slaves. His great passion in the world ought to be a passion for the liberation of men.
p. 398
1 Thessalonians 4:4-5 (as quoted in New Living Translation http://biblehub.com/nlt/1_thessalonians/4.htm)
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
“Passion looks like anger to people who aren’t passionate about anything.”
As quoted in Reprints from the Soviet Press (1977), p. 5
Speech in the Senate on the National Bank Charter (February 11, 1811).
Foreward, to "Memorial issue for Robert H. Jackson", 55 Columbia Law Review (April, 1955) p. 436; quoted by United States Senator Howell Heflin during the confirmation debate for Justice David Souter, on September 24, 1990, S13540.
Other writings
“Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object.”
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem
Context: Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object. It is easier for the fire to find something to burn than for something combustible to find the fire.
