"The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere."

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Leo Tolstoy

#Government Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Truth Is Quotes

“I wanted to make the soundtrack of people's lives.”
“I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.”
“A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'”
“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.”
“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.”

Source : "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.
“The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.”

Source : Lori Copeland (2009). “Unwrapping Christmas”, p.19, Harper Collins
“Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as impossible as that would be under any realistic scenarios. No national security emergency exists relative to climate that would warrant increased governmental control of energy production. Today's Americans have an obligation to future Americans to elect leaders who do not believe in an omnipotent government but believe, as did the Founders, in limited government, and in the preservation of liberty and the natural rights of the people.”
“The preacher who is concerned with gaining a reputation, rising in his profession, is always in bondage. The itch for bigness is a dangerous thing. It has made a castaway of many a man whom God once richly blessed. A man should desire to be neither larger nor smaller than pleases God. Better than that, he should not bother at all about how large or how small but rather how faithful he shall be.”

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