#commandment

He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I asked her. "Do not bullshit thy father," she said. ↗

— Erich Segal

#humour #love

The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#god #love #love

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#bread #commandment #country #daily #daily bread

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#given #god #live #permissive #society

Allowing Texas to display the Ten Commandments on State property but disallowing Kentucky courthouses from doing the same is a poor and flawed interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#commandments #constitution #display #doing #flawed

One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#commandments #dictation #get #getting #good

Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#cases #commandments #legal #perhaps #point

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict? ↗

— Doug Coupland

#conflict #deadly #seven #sins #ten

The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#bill #commandments #gave #gives #house

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#commandments #different #different set #every #every man