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What cause have we to complain about their fierce hatred to us? For eight years now, they sit in their refugee camps in Gaza, and… — Moshe Dayan
Modern man has not only thrown away Christian theology, he has thrown away the possibility of what our forefathers had as a basis for morality… — Francis Schaeffer
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we… — David Ben-Gurion
I know this was the soil on which I was born: but I have nothing to glorify this as my country. I have no pride… — Unknown Author
Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing… — Pope Leo I
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing… — Charles Caleb Colton
Today, few Americans are aware of the spiritual epidemic that wiped out the land of our Christian forefathers. Even fewer are aware that the same… — Ken Ham
Among the sentiments of most powerful operation upon the human heart, and most highly honorable to the human character, are those of veneration for our… — John Quincy Adams
I don't believe in democracy. In the second place, neither did our white forefathers. I believe, as they did, in a republican authoritarian republic with… — George Lincoln Rockwell
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various… — William Kingdon Clifford
Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative is a slave… — Walter Lippmann
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show… — James Bovard
In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp firmly the ideals… — Unknown Author
What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants… — James Cook
I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and… — Unknown Author
The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all. — Ousmane Sembene
I have sometimes thought that, in order to be a good minister, it was necessary to leave the ministry. The profession is antiquated. In an… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally… — Robert E. Lee
Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. — Thomas Gray
Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game. — Jermaine Dupri
The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our… — Ronald Reagan
When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face, before… — John of Kronstadt
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how little he alludes… — Alexis de Tocqueville
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency… — Ambrose Bierce
Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and… — Robert H. Jackson

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