"It is the union of independence and dependence……" — J. Reuben Clark
"It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document."
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37 Quotes by J. Reuben Clark
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Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who…
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That man has a spiritual body is evidenced by the account . . . given in the writings of Moses…
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Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift;…
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I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our…
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Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip…
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You have the highest of human trusts committed to your care. Providence has showered on this favored land blessings without…
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It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental,…
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We are met today in a general conference. Sometimes, I hear, the people feel, some of them, that perhaps we…
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But there is one whom you do not deceive, and that is Christ, our Lord. He knows all. Personally, I…
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Not only does the Charter Organization not prevent future wars, but it makes it practically certain that we shall have…
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I believe American manhood is too valuable to be sacrificed on foreign soil for foreign issues and causes.
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The ravening wolves are amongst us, from our own membership, and they, more than any others, are clothed in sheep's…
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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history,…
— Charles Babbage
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The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far…
— Michele Bachmann
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Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what…
— Jello Biafra
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The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy.…
— Julian Bond
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Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books…
— Anthony Burgess
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
— George W. Bush
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
— Rosalynn Carter
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
— Marc Chagall
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple…
— Lord Chesterfield
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not…
— Kate Chopin
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
— Yasser Arafat
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As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay,…
— Frederick William Robertson
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