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Judith Hayes

"It wouldn't matter if every single President since Washington had been a Bible-toting, evangelical Christian. They weren't, of course, but even if they had been, it still would not change the secular foundation of our republic. Christians like to quote various Presidents or Supreme Court Justices who (quite incorrectly) have referred to our "Christian nation." But what do those quotes prove? I could quote Richard Nixon, but would that prove that ours was intended to be a nation of crooks?"

-- Judith Hayes

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“The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite skills to understand how to be the leader of the people and manage the government of N.Y.”

Source : "Joe Lhota: The Daily News Sitdown". Interview with Celeste Katz, www.nydailynews.com. January 18, 2013.
“As the vice-regents of God, we are to bring His truth and His â€¦ dominion â€¦ over our neighborhoods, our schools, our governmentâ€¦ our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors â€“ in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.”
“What is the use of fighting for the vote if we do not have a country to vote in? With that patriotism that has nerved women to endure torture in prison for the national good, we ardently desire that our country shall be victorious.”
“Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a salutary restraint from which an honest government ought not wish, nor a corrupt one to be permitted, to be free.”
“You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does not mean the filmmaker has to suffer in order to show the suffering. Stories should have the suffering, not the people.”
“Nearly all human beings love, but nearly none know how to love.”
“I know on which side my bread is buttered.”

Source : John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.86
“Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other peopleâ€¦â€¦..”

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