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Ezra Taft Benson

Not cheap politicians but statesmen are needed today. Not opportunists but men and women of principle must be demanded by the people. In this time of great stress and danger we must place [in office] only those dedicated to the preservation of our Constitution, our American Republic, and responsible freedom under God. Â“Oh, God, give us men with a mandate higher than the ballot box.Â”

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Ezra Taft Benson

Prayer in the hour of need is a great boon. From simple trials to our Gethsemanes, prayer can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

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Felix Adler

The family is the school of duties... founded on love.

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Ezra Taft Benson

One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?

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Gustave Flaubert

Writing is a dog?s life, but the only one worth living.

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Hans Küng

The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.

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Italian Proverbs

Once resolved, the trouble is over.

Church | Counsel | Rest | Counsel |

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

All's well that ends better.

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

After some while Bilbo became impatient. Well, what is it? he said. The answer's not a kettle boiling over, as you seem to think by the noise you are making.

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J. B. Priestly, fully John Boynton Priestly

No matter how piercing and appalling his insights, the desolation creeping over his outer world, the lurid lights and shadows of his inner world, the writer must live with hope, work in faith.

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'

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