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Chris Christie We talk about our military being degraded over time and yet we've had folks who've been a part of Congress who have participated in sequester; who participated in the degrading of this military over time.
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Edward Gibbon It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.
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Edward Gibbon [A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.
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Edward Gibbon It was [Totila's] constant theme, that national vice and ruin are inseparably connected; that victory is the fruit of moral as well as military virtue; and that the prince, and even the people, are responsible for the crimes which they neglect to punish.
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Edward Gibbon [Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.
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Dean Acheson Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
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David Hume Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. They consider it as the most sublime kind of merit. Menof cool reflection are not so sanguine in their praises of it.
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David Hume It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular.
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Charles Caleb Colton Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.
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Charles Spurgeon There is nothing little in God; His mercy is like Himself-it is infinite. You cannot measure it. His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners, after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God.
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Charles Spurgeon Repentance will not make you see Christ; but to see Christ will give you repentance.
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Charles Spurgeon Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.
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Charles Spurgeon If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.
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Charles Spurgeon God has a way of giving by the cartloads to those who give away by shovelfuls.
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Charles Spurgeon You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.
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Charles Spurgeon If when I get to heaven the Lord shall say to me, Spurgeon, I want you to preach for all eternity, I would reply, Lord, give me a Bible, that is all I need.
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Charles Spurgeon My soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things-God alone can give rest to my spirit.
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Charles Spurgeon Obedience is the highest practical courage.
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Edwin Louis Cole Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
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B. F. Skinner Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
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Baruch Spinoza Faith is nothing but obedience and piety.
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C. S. Lewis Obedience is the road to freedom.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer You can only learn what obedience is by obeying
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Blaise Pascal It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed.
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Anthony de Mello Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.
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Randy Alcorn To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.