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Machiavellis teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. – Lord Acton

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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. – Lord Acton

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. – Lord Acton

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Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. – Blaise Pascal

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Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nations faith and credit seriously. – Peter Welch

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I seek a deeper truth, but I dont think I have to go to a building designated for worship to find it. – Ted Lange

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I have always been the kid whos asked Why? In my faith, youre just supposed to have faith. But I was always like why? – Katy Perry

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Every test, every trial, every heartache thats been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what. – Charles Stanley

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We can only know one thing about God – that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. – Simone Weil

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