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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.

G. K. Chesterton

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Audience People Right Wrong
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Death Flow Live Stream Water
The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible

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