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title: "3 Accepted Church Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [There is a statement often repeated in the Church, and while it is not in one of the Standard Church Works, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/legrand-richards/there-is-a-statement-often-repeated-in-the-church-and-while-it-is-not/)

[LeGrand Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/legrand-richards/)

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> [“A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows. Samuel Clemens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/a-man-is-accepted-into-a-church-for-what-he-believes-and-he-is-turned/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-is-accepted-into-a-church-for-what-he-believes-and-he-is-turned-2/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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