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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. I

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. – John Adams

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Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government. – William Howard Taft

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No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. – Woodrow Wilson

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Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives. – Rick Perry

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But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion. – Marco Rubio

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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal

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Well, if I hadnt have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports. – Joe Manganiello

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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. – Douglas Adams

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