QUOTES 5/15/2019

“One hundred and twenty-seven years earlier, in Massachusetts, Bronson Alcott founded Fruitlands commune, a commune whose purpose was to produce the perfect being.  The community believed if they could live according to the original rules set forth in the Garden of Eden before the fall, their moral natures would reach the proper fullness of maturity to prohibit impure thoughts and they could then purify themselves and reproduce children free from original sin. . . By isolating themselves from the outside world, being entirely self-sufficient and paying careful attention to dress by not wearing clothing which was produced through the violence or coercion of slavery or the killing of animals, the residents of Fruitlands hoped to free themselves from what they saw as the evils of government and society.  They hoped to make a connection with nature as it had been in the original biblical Garden of Eden by not loving or worshipping nature but by becoming a part of nature.” - Moody Miller, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/835/the-naked-body-disabled-by-the-clothing-compulsion/

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“Though I don’t consider myself a true nudist, I particularly enjoy baring it all on vacation and when our time allows.  Several times during the summer, my husband and I will visit local nudist clubs and enjoy socializing with the crowds that gather there.  And later this month, we will be enjoying a nude first for us – renting a private Caribbean villa with another couple who loves to be naked as much as we do.” – Charlotte, https://ourclothingoptionaltrips.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/our-bodies-tell-stories-how-one-woman-embraced-her-lifes-journey-through-nudism/

“After a visit in the Oval Office, [Lyndon B.] Johnson proposed a swim in the White House Pool.  That no one had brought a bathing suit was no deterrent; in years to come the president would often interrupt meetings to suggest a swim and would needle anyone who was reluctant to strip naked and dive in a baptism of intimacy.” - Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy, A Brief History of Nakedness, 2013, p. 146

“We never had any issues with Child Services when I was growing up.  My mom's parents are also nudists, so there was no problem there.  My dad's parents were tolerant of us, so there weren't ever any issues, thankfully.” – Krissy, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nudist-moms-home-nude-family-nudism-etiquette-kids/

“Nudism has been hidden away for far too long.  Its time people were allowed to live their lives as they want rather than be dictated to.” – Roland Brown, https://www.facebook.com/groups/nuddism