"In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust' but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark shall not be taken at par.












You can't pray a lie--I found that out.

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"Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.
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"A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.
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