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The bigger the trophy, the more trivial the contest.


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Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.



Why didn't someone tell me that I can become a Christian and settle the doubts afterward?

Why didn't someone tell me that I can become a Christian and settle the doubts afterward?



The majority has no right to impose its religion on the rest. That's a tradition as sacred as the Constitution itself to this country.

The majority has no right to impose its religion on the rest. That's a tradition as sacred as the Constitution itself to this country.



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No patriotism is genuine that is merely partisan or provincial.





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