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Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one. ↗

— Lord Jeffrey

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I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God. ↗

— Peter Jennings

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Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone, nor any two or three; never less than all. ↗

— Allen Tate

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A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. ↗

— James Buchan

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