"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done."
-Thomas Jefferson
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"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.“
-Thomas Jefferson
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"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
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"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."
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"Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding."
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"I really am pretty happy with what God gave me."
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"Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God."
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"I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."
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"The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."
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"We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level."
-Karen Armstrong
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