He'd always had a quickening of the heart when he crossed into Arizona and beheld the cactus country. This was as the desert should be, this was the desert of the picture books, with the land unrolled to the farthest distant horizon hills, with saguaro standing sentinel in their strange chessboard pattern, towering supinely above the fans of ocotillo and brushy mesquite.

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It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!

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Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us to do something about it! The second will be taken away first, followed by the first and then the rest of our freedoms.

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Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal.

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Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

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It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and good people who have learned the great secret of life. They have found a joy and wisdom which is a thousand times better than any of the pleasures of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are Christians. . . and I am one of them.

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Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian, let's become a Human first.

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All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of violence perpetrated against a woman.

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Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch.

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All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

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Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

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A day spend with friends is always a day well spend.

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Only one thing’s sadder than remembering you were once free, and that’s forgetting you were once free.

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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

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A smile costs nothing, but creates much, It happens in a flash, but the memory of it lasts forever, It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed nor stolen, but it is Something that is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away. So if in your hurry and rush You meet someone, who is too weary to give you a smile, Leave one of yours, For no one needs a smile quite as much as the one who has "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

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One more thing. The people and the friends that we have lost... or the dreams that have faded... never forget them.

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The truth is the greatest enemy of the State.

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We didn't realize we were making memories we just knew we were having fun.

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Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.

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There is a waterfall in every dream. Cool and crystal clear, it falls gently on the sleeper, cleansing the mind and soothing the soul.

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Sunsets are just little glimpses of the Golden streets of Heaven.

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