"Some Christians worried about a faith that was……" — Nancy Gibbs
"Some Christians worried about a faith that was so embracing as to be meaningless, that exalted not the Almighty so much as the American way of life. When civil religion bleached the challenge from faith and left behind a watery patriotism, there was room for concern."
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104 Quotes by Nancy Gibbs
Nancy Gibbs has 104 quotes on this site.
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For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.
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If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.
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Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us…
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Lyndon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who…
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If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the…
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Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on…
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You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him…
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Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton…
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Praise of blame in the moment means little: it is how their decisions play out over time that matters, and…
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Eisenhower advocated a variety of strong actions which he had never taken when he was president. Maybe this was just…
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In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version…
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You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.
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I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never…
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are…
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God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
— William Bartram
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Friends and brothers, The Almighty created us Indians. We are as he made us. The Almighty has given to the…
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable…
— Daniel Boone
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Because I went from the 'Daily Show' where I was a fake news guy on a fake news show, to…
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
— Oswald Chambers
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If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every…
— Winston Churchill
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I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged…
— Jack Abramoff
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The world has been evolved, not created: it has arisen little by little from a small beginning, and has increased…
— August Weismann
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