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> [Our founders understood that divine authority was necessary in order to establish a ground on which the weak, the defenseless, the powerless, the poor and the wretched would be able to stand, in the face of every human power whatsoever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/our-founders-understood-that-divine-authority-was-necessary-in-order/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

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## More by Alan Keyes

> [A nation of character is filled with citizens who gradually build lives based on the living awareness that their deeds are judged by eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/a-nation-of-character-is-filled-with-citizens-who-gradually-build/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description - an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/selfish-hedonism-is-not-a-pejorative-it-is-a-description-an-exactly/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/i-read-american-sagas-of-the-west-and-i-do-not-see-people-who-went-in/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [God's irony, that in order to fight and defeat the threat of terrorism, we shall have to be clear about the principle of justice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/god-s-irony-that-in-order-to-fight-and-defeat-the-threat-of-terrorism/)

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> [Christ is the very epitome of innocence, and without the blood of Christ, shed on Calvary, God's plan of salvation would not have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/christ-is-the-very-epitome-of-innocence-and-without-the-blood-of/)

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> [Where do find the most persecuted Christians in the world?... in the classrooms of our government schools, where the assault is not upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/where-do-find-the-most-persecuted-christians-in-the-world-in-the/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes--and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/we-must-reject-dictatorship-in-whatever-form-it-takes-and-especially/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/the-heart-of-government-coated-with-whatever-velvet-gloves-you-want/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [I feel like we're between two great possibilities: we're either going to turn things around, and in this generation see the rising sun of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/i-feel-like-we-re-between-two-great-possibilities-we-re-either-going/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [I accept the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, to represent the State of Illinois.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/i-accept-the-republican-nomination-for-the-u-s-senate-to-represent/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/rights-don-t-come-from-human-documents-the-very-idea-is-only-worthy/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/a-conservative-party-that-reshapes-its-self-presentation-according-to/)

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> [Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/christ-would-not-vote-for-barack-obama-because-barack-obama-has-voted/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [Freedom does not mean doing what you can get away with, doing what you please. It means, instead, having the opportunity to do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/freedom-does-not-mean-doing-what-you-can-get-away-with-doing-what-you/)

[Alan Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-keyes/)

> [The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral incapacity of the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-keyes/the-fundamental-premise-of-liberalism-is-the-moral-incapacity-of-the/)

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