Commandments Quotes

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Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of… — Phyllis Schlafly
If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners. — Arthur Smith
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any… — Cliff Stearns
Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall. — Randall Terry
Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution. — Randall Terry
Allowing Texas to display the Ten Commandments on State property but disallowing Kentucky courthouses from doing the same is a poor and flawed interpretation of… — Ginny Brown-Waite
Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. — Charles Dudley Warner
The name, Seventh-day Adventist, is a standing rebuke to the Protestant world. Here is the line of distinction between the worshipers of God, and those… — Ellen G. White
I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. — Billy Wilder
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments. — Zig Ziglar
Heavenly Father has given a simple pattern for us to receive the Holy Ghost not once but continually in the tumult of our daily lives.… — Henry B. Eyring
Those who are faithful to God are protected and prospered. That comes as the result of serving God and keeping His commandments. But with those… — Henry B. Eyring
The TEN Commandments are not prefaced with "If you're in the mood". — Laura Schlessinger
Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift. ....The Lord has declared that those who serve him and keep his commandments are called… — Marvin J. Ashton
Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish.… — Albert Camus
The real reason that we canâ€™t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post â€œThou shalt not steal,â€ â€œThou shalt not commit adultery,â€… — George Carlin
I read the Bible and know little of its history, but the human beings who wrote it were instruments of Divine Power, and Jesus forged… — Paulo Coelho
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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