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Quote by Herbert Croly
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith,

The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights. – Herbert Croly

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Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved. – Herbert Croly

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legal
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Herbert Croly
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The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. – Herbert Croly

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Equality
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Herbert Croly
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Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. – Herbert Croly

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Faith
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Herbert Croly
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We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God. – David Brainerd

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No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life. – Mitt Romney

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Faith

If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work. – Jacques Yves Cousteau

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After Four Feathers, I quit then because I just lost faith. I didnt like how the business was. – Wes Bentley

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Lets hope you feel better now. – Jack Kevorkian

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My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people. – Abdul Kalam

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Image creates desire. You will what you imagine. – J. G. Gallimore

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