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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom…
— Thomas Jefferson
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For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.
— Billy Graham
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The supreme thing is worship. The attitude of worship is the attitude of a subject bent before the King... The fundamental thought is that of…
— G. Campbell Morgan
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Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn't pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.
— Billy Graham
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Oh, men and women, pray through; pray through! Do not just begin to pray and pray a little while and throw up your hands and…
— Reuben Archer Torrey
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I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and your…
— Samuel Rutherford
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Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.
— Thomas Adams
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Our prayers lay the track down which Gods power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without…
— Watchman Nee
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Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's…
— William Gurnall
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When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when you slip up…
— Aldous Huxley
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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their…
— Barack Obama
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If you have a large bloc of Americans who believe you're trying to keep their ... fellow Hispanics down and deprive them of an opportunity,…
— John McCain
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Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone…
— Barack Obama
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I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though…
— Ronald Reagan
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Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.
— Thomas Merton
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Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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As white snowflakes fall quietly and thickly on a winter day, answers to prayer will settle down upon you at every step you take, even…
— Ole Hallesby
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There are many beautiful things in the world around us, but pearls can only be discovered in the depths of the sea; if we wish…
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
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