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Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us


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I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.




No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.



Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.



And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.



We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.



America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.



Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.



Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.



The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.





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If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.



In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there.

In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there.



I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.



My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.



The production pushes and pulls you as much as the song does. It's almost more to do with the production value of how each bit was done as opposed to the actual track itself.

The production pushes and pulls you as much as the song does. It's almost more to do with the production value of how each bit was done as opposed to the actual track itself.



One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language.



When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.



Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire.

Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire.



Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.



For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.

For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.




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