"Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican, or live in America. Just as the prophets in the Old Testament warned Israel that they were not safe just because they lived in the land of Israel, so we are not safe just because we wear the label 'Christian' or because some people persist in calling us a 'Christian nation."

-- Francis Chan

#Christian Quotes #Land Quotes #America Quotes

“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.”

Source : Noah Webster (1835). “Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with Propriety, Illustrated by Examples: Designed for Use in Schools and Families”, p.230
“So it shall be written. So it shall be done.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rameses". "The Ten Commandments", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1956.
“The creation continues incessantly through the media of man. But man does not create... he discovers.”
“Excuses are like rear ends. Everybody has one and they stink.”
“I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic”
“When you are more awake at nights, they'll toss and turn, they'll think more, they get frustrated. And when that starts to happen, you really don't sleep even more because you're making your body tense and your mind is getting more and more active.”
“I want to be so strong as an actor that people wouldn't say... eh, that's Josh Lucas”
“If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.”

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