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[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The… — Fisher Ames
I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks. — Og Mandino
The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular. — George Santayana
The really intelligent person keeps his childhood alive to his last breath.He never loses it-the wonder the child feels looking at the birds,looking at the… — Rajneesh
It's said that prayer can move mountains. Well, it's certainly moved the hearts and minds of Americans in their times of trial and helped them… — Ronald Reagan
How can we not believe in the greatness of America? How can we not do what is right and needed to preserve this last best… — Ronald Reagan
"Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any… — John Ruskin
If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would… — Alexander Hamilton
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly… — James Madison
The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the AUTHORITY of the laws or FORCE. If the first be destroyed, the last must… — Alexander Hamilton
The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness by reasonable compact in civil society. It was… — George Washington
I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we… — Thomas Jefferson
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last. — George Washington
In America, no other distinction between man and man had ever been known but that of persons in office exercising powers by authority of the… — Thomas Jefferson
I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing… — Imelda Staunton
Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character. — Theodore Parker
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. — Unknown Author
Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? — Joseph N. Welch
I am a Marxist-Leninist and I will be one until the last day of my life. — Fidel Castro
This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism. — Lech Walesa

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