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> [Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But Jesus' disciples - an ornery, undependable, and hopelessly flawed group of men - became drunk with the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/curiously-the-righteous-pharisees-had-little-historical-impact-save/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [“I think most decent people would be horrified at what happens today, even in our enlightened country. There are still mean, self-righteous Pharisees, who have a sick need to punish others whose troubled lives they can never begin to understand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-f-girzone/i-think-most-decent-people-would-be-horrified-at-what-happens-today/)

[Joseph F. Girzone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-f-girzone/)

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