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What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question? -Stein, Gertrude
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"Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government. There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on righteousness and the other on force. One appeals to reason, the other appeals to the sword. One is exemplified in a republic, the other is represented by a despotism.<br/>The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law for the virtue of men. Of course we can help to restrain the vicious and furnish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reform which society in these days is seeking will come as a result of religious convictions, or they will not come at all. Peace, justice, charity- these cannot be legislated into being. They are the result of Divine Grace." – Calvin Coolidge
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The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends. -Seneca
The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends. -Seneca
When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score. -Powell, John Enoch
When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score. -Powell, John Enoch
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Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo