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title: "7 Principles Nation Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-owens/a-renewed-commitment-to-the-freedom-and-opportunity-of-our-people-is/)

[Bill Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-owens/)

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> [American nation was not founded on political principles. This nation was founded on spiritual principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/american-nation-was-not-founded-on-political-principles-this-nation/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [To their duty to God, youth should realize their duty to our country. They should love and honor the Constitution of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/to-their-duty-to-god-youth-should-realize-their-duty-to-our-country/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-broun/i-do-go-against-my-leadership-all-the-time-because-i-stand-firm-on/)

[Paul Broun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-broun/)

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> [The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-principles-that-made-this-nation-a-great-and-powerful-leader-of/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [No one expects this nation to become a theocracy, where Christianity is the only value, but we do indeed say that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-james-kennedy/no-one-expects-this-nation-to-become-a-theocracy-where-christianity/)

[D. James Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-james-kennedy/)

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> [For too long, our immigration system has failed to live up to the ideals and principles our nation was founded on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-padilla/for-too-long-our-immigration-system-has-failed-to-live-up-to-the/)

[Alex Padilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-padilla/)

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