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Letter "A" » a people
«A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.»
Author: Abraham J. Heschel
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About:
Age,
Elderly,
Respect,
Testing
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Keywords:
a people,
behaves,
care for,
child care,
cult,
cults,
Cult of the,
dictators,
Easy to Love,
fond,
gold mine,
helpless,
incurable,
incurables,
mines,
old gold,
The Cult,
The Dictators,
tyrants
«Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people»
«Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.»
«Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.»
Author: Patrick Henry
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Lawyer)
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About:
Evil,
God,
Nations
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Keywords:
a people,
chains,
corrupted,
forge,
free state,
idolater,
idolaters,
infidels,
morals,
The Infidels,
tyrants,
vitiated,
vitiating
«By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise»
«A people without faith in themselves cannot survive»
«From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.»
«History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.»
«But now we have a choice: whether to implode and disintegrate emotionally and spiritually as a people and a nation -- or, whether we choose to become stronger through all of this struggle -- to rebuild on a solid foundation. And I believe we are in the process of starting to rebuild on that foundation. That foundation is our trust in God.»
Author: Billy Graham
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Keywords:
a people,
disintegrate,
disintegrated,
disintegrates,
disintegrating,
emotionally,
implode,
on that,
rebuild,
rebuilding,
rebuilt,
solid,
spiritually,
starting
«For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.»