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As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation,

As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, Americas unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom – not least freedom of conscience. – Jon Meacham

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With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. – Jon Meacham

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History
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Attacks on a politicians identity – questioning Romneys religion, say, or Obamas birthplace – tend to come when an opponent is desperate and cant sell himself. – Jon Meacham

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Religion
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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. – Jon Meacham

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Faith
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. – Abu Bakar Bashir

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Faith

Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Dont let anyone take it away from you, ever. – Holly Marie Combs

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Faith

I dont think its any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and manned up in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because Im not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. – Jimmy Carr

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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person. – Walter Kaufmann

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We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence. – Proverb

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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I dont set out to say anything very important. – Brian Eno

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Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem. – John Barton

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Mans mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled. – Dorothea Brande

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