Founders Quotes

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The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified. — Ron Paul
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our… — Ron Paul
The founder of every ex-gay ministry in America has proved to be an extraordinary failure. The two founders of Exodus International, [the world's largest 'ex-gay'… — Wayne Besen
America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders;… — Billy Graham
We have before us the opportunity to forge, for ourselves and for future generations, a New World Order. A world where the rule of law,… — George H. W. Bush
Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective - a New World Order - can emerge. . . Now, we can see a New World… — George H. W. Bush
The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its… — Unknown Author
Any property may now be taken for the benefit of another private party, but the fallout from this decision will not be random. The beneficiaries… — Sandra Day O'Connor
That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all… — Ezra Taft Benson
Perhaps the efforts of the true poets, founders, religions, literatures, all ages, have been, and ever will be, our time and times to come, essentially… — Walt Whitman
Not one of the first six [U.S.] presidents was an orthodox Christian. Most of the founders were Deists, who "doubted that Christ was a god"… — Robert Sherrill
The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective… — Al Gore
Of all the potential perils to the new American republic, the prospect of concentrated power . . . troubled the intellectual leaders of the Revolutionary… — Joe Conason
The decline of witch-belief was . . . entirely the product of religious skepticism. . . . The Catholic Church did not reform itself on… — S. T. Joshi
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I… — Ludwig Feuerbach
A man-made thing that produces pleasure (and criticism) by somehow taping into the order of the universe is beautiful. Making beautiful things makes our lives… — Tucker Viemeister
Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Our critical day is not the very day of our… — John Donne
Our wise founders seemed to understand, better than most of us, our own scripture, which states that â€˜it is the nature and disposition of almost… — Ezra Taft Benson
If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace… — Mother Teresa
As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses,… — Ron Kind

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