Councils Quotes

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One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period… — Lancelot Andrewes
Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy… — Abraham Clark
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail; to be led… — John Ruskin
There are legions of [Aquarian, New Age, One World Religion] conspirators. They are in corporations, universities, and hospitals, on the faculties of public schools, in… — Marilyn Ferguson
On the subject of the history of the American Revolution, you ask who shall write it? Who can write it? And who will ever be… — Thomas Jefferson
New revelations regarding faith or morals ... have always been abhorred and challenged in the Church ... Hence, the Sovereign Pontiffs, the Councils, and the… — Alphonsus Liguori
One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils. — Woodrow Wilson
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's… — Woodrow Wilson
Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind… — George Bernard Shaw
I didn't just start with ...local city officials because I knew that they would understand the problem. I started with them because I knew that… — Michelle Obama
I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all sprung from a… — Chief Joseph
Spiritual leaders are not made by man, nor any combination of men. Neither conferences, nor synods, nor councils can make them, but only God. — Samuel Logan Brengle
As soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given to us to guide our own steps. We are like… — George Eliot
Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; this is the Soviet type of organization, which is to say,… — Ernest Mandel
Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism. — Jack Kemp
World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the… — George P. Shultz
A news junkie, I read, daily, the 'Times/Sunday Times,' the 'Guardian/Observer,' 'Mail,' and the 'Argus' - both to keep up with crime in Brighton, where… — Peter James
Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich… — Chiang Kai-shek
Councils of War never fight. — Theodore Roosevelt

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