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> [“God gave us free agency, and then gave us the commandments to keep us free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-b-demille/god-gave-us-free-agency-and-then-gave-us-the-commandments-to-keep-us/)

[Cecil B. DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-b-demille/)

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> [“We usually think of law leading us to gospel. And this is true—we see God’s standards, see our sin, and then see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/we-usually-think-of-law-leading-us-to-gospel-and-this-is-true-we-see/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-lantos/the-lord-gave-us-ten-commandments-but-the-bill-before-the-house-today/)

[Tom Lantos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-lantos/)

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> [Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded. God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tupac-shakur/went-to-church-but-don-t-understand-it-they-underhanded-god-gave-me/)

[Tupac Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tupac-shakur/)

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> [I come from a people who gave the Ten Commandments to the world. Time has come to strenghten them by three additional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehuda-bauer/i-come-from-a-people-who-gave-the-ten-commandments-to-the-world-time/)

[Yehuda Bauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehuda-bauer/)

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