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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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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. – 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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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. – Lord Acton

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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. – George Washington

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Faith and doubt cannot exist in the same mind at the same time, for one will dispel the other. – Thomas S. Monson

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Denzels quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. Thats what he does and thats what he taught me to do. – Derek Luke

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If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man. – Matthew Simpson

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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. – William Shenstone

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Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. – Jesse Lee Bennett

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