Our Forefathers Quotes

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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that… — Tori Amos
Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays, so long as he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this crap. For God's… — Dennis Miller
We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the… — Edward George, Baron George
If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry… — Ben Crenshaw
Think of it. We are blessed with technology that would be indescribable to our forefathers. We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.… — Samuel Adams
Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation. — Fletcher Knebel
In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As a result, we… — Chuck Baldwin
Laughter is a most healthful exercise; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the custom prevalent among… — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and made it the… — Ronald Reagan
If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be… — Calvin Coolidge
As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by the tradition of… — Barack Obama
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all... Our forefathers opened the Bible to all. — Samuel Adams
I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old. — Thomas Jefferson
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… — Augustus Washington
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

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