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Law is good, proper, and essential in its place, but law can save no man, nor can law remake man and society.


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There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.

There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.



We cannot use our thoughts and feelings as a standard: only God’s Word is the test.

We cannot use our thoughts and feelings as a standard: only God’s Word is the test.



In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.

In any age, our problems are a result of sin, and the solution is faith and obedience.



The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government.

The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government.



To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the great and powerful God.

To be fearless in the Lord does not require us to be great and powerful men, but only to believe in the great and powerful God.



Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.

Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.



It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society

It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society



The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.

The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.



History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.



Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy.

Christianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy.





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Any man that walks the mead In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humors lead, A meaning suited to his mind.

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I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.



Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.

Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.



One thing and one thing alone keeps us from complete decay in this hour - the church, the true Church.

One thing and one thing alone keeps us from complete decay in this hour - the church, the true Church.



In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.

In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.



Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.

Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.



No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.

No matter how difficult the situation is, it won't last forever. What follows the night is the day. What follows the winter is the spring.




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