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A simple democracy is the devil's own government.


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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.

If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.



Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.

Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.



Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.



The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.



The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.



Without Virtue there can be no liberty

Without Virtue there can be no liberty



I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.

I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.



Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.

Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them.



The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.

The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution.



The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.





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As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.

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Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'.

Why did I do such-and-such a thing?' is all very well. But what about 'How otherwise could I have done it?'.



Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail.

Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail.



Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression.

Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression.



The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!



In Eleven Minutes, I started with the question of why sexuality is considered one of the major issues in life.

In Eleven Minutes, I started with the question of why sexuality is considered one of the major issues in life.



When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.

When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.



Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

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If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.

If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.



There is nothing that you cannot do.

There is nothing that you cannot do.




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