“Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don't overdo it.””
Quotes by William Roscoe
“Roscoe was spiritually illegal, a bootlegger of the soul, a mythic creature made of words and wit and wild deeds and boundless memory.””
“Only a bet on the impossible makes sense. It is an act of faith and courage requiring an irrational leap over reason. A man wins simply by making such a bet.””
“Death had to take him sleeping," said Vice-President Marshall; "for if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight.””
“True believing Christians are sheep among wolves, sheep for the slaughter. They must be baptized in anxiety, distress, affliction, persecution, suffering, and death.””
“We are accused also of condemning all who are not of our mind and who act not as we do. That we deny. We condemn no man, but we show to men their reprobate life and warn them of condemnation, and this we do in accordance with the Word of God that cannot lie.... No human being can condemn another. Judgment is in the hand of the Lord; but sinful, evil works are what condemn man, when he has not left them in accordance with the Word of God and brought forth honest fruits of repentance....” - Felbinger, Hutterite beheaded for his faith, July 10, 1560 in "The Anabaptists””
William Roscoe was an English banker, lawyer, and politician who emerged as one of the early advocates for the abolition of slavery in England. His literary contributions include the beloved children'...