![At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if not the universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship.](/assets/img/quote-photos/at-the-time-of-the-adoption-of-the-constitution-and-of-the-amendment-to-it-now.jpg)
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encouragement gave influences jack pat special
Jack gave him that right encouragement. You never know when that special pat on the back is going to be the one that influences them. Jean Price
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
encouragement expected good signs
His signs are great, probably as good as can be expected at this stage. We're all so encouraged.
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I was doing sketches that were funny, but socially irresponsible. It was encouraged. Dave Chappelle
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He's been a great encouragement to me. He said to be a great point guard I have to get my assists and rebounds as well as my points. Right now I'd rather have 10 assists than six points.
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I don't have the money to take home, but I did get a lot of encouragement. I'm optimistic. Mark Peters
encouragement kings believe
After years spent trying to deal with the effects of COINTELPRO, my rage at the FBI's almost unimaginable evil remains undiminished because I believe that it succeeded in many of its horrifying goals, given the deaths of Martin King, Malcolm X, and other sixties leaders. Since the FBI uses taxpayer dollars to fund its extreme and ridiculous investigations of anyone who expresses dissenting opinions, even resorting to crime - including theft, encouragement to murder, subornation of perjury, and manipulation of the judicial process - to achieve its ends, I have always advocated its disbanding. William Kunstler
encouragement thinking healthy
The popularity of the paranormal, oddly enough, might even be grounds for encouragement. I think that the appetite for mystery, the enthusiasm for that which we do not understand, is healthy and to be fostered. It is the same appetite which drives the best of true science, and it is an appetite which true science is best qualified to satisfy. Richard Dawkins
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The readiness with which women are apt to forgive the men who have deceived other women; and that inconsiderate notion of too many of them that a reformed rake makes the best husband, are great encouragements to vile men to continue their profligacy. Samuel Richardson
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I also wanted t do a film with a religious motif, a film about miracles. At the same time, I wanted to do a completely naturalistic film.
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Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing. Rob Sheffield
religious book careers
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. Richard Paul Evans
religious compassion giving
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good.
religious philosophical adventure
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race. Richard P. Feynman
religious knowledge people
Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the "know-nothings", the "know-alls", and the "no-contests."
religious religion useless
Religion is nothing more than a useless and sometimes dangerous, evolutionary accident. Religious behavior may be a misfiring, an unfortunate byproduct of an underlying psychological propensity which in other circumstances is, or once was, useful.
religious thinking opposites
If you are religious at all, it is overwhelmingly probable that your religion is that of your parents. If you were born in Arkansas and you think Christianity is true and Islam false (knowing full well that you would think the opposite if you had been born in Afghanistan), you are the victim of childhood indoctrination.
religious giving-up children
I think there in a great deal to be said for religious education in the sense of teaching about religion and biblical literacy. Both those things, by the way, I suspect will prepare a child to give up religion. If you are taught comparative religion, you are more likely to realise that there are other religions than the one you have been brought up in. And if you are if you are taught to read the bible, I can think of almost nothing more calculated to turn you off religion.
rights smoker
I think that the smoker has just as much rights as the non-smoker.
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The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of. William Perry
rights people feelings
I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them. Robert E. Lee
rights mutual-respect absolutes
Mutual respect among everyone for one another and for one another's rights is an absolute prerequisite for peace. Ryan Miller
rights causes advancement
Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.
rights needs limits
While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves. Reinhold Niebuhr
rights long matter
As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place. William Jennings Bryan
rights america long
Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn democracy. It is a fraudulent term used, often by ignorant persons but no less often by intellectual fakers, to describe an infamous mixture of socialism, graft, confiscation of property and denial of personal rights to individuals whose virtuous principles make them offensive. Westbrook Pegler
rights two equal
Two rights don't equal a left. Roald Dahl