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12/29/2019 ~ Presidential Quotes 29


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Darkness has no destiny.
Faith is a path that brings life above death.

36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

“I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for,
President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.”

“You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross
between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.”

“John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate
that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies
the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.”

"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you."
~ John 15:18


... The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the
one who loves violence His soul hates. ~ Psalms 11:4-5


“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow,
saying, 'His color is not mine,' or 'His beliefs are strange and
different,' in that moment he betrays America,
though his forebears created this nation.”

“Emancipation was a proclamation, but not a fact.”

“The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law
serve any who do not use it. The history of injustice
and inequality is a history of disuse of the law.”

... natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, ... ~ 1st Corinthians 2:14


Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
~ James 4:17


“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States
have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees.
This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring
source of reassurance for the American people.”

“Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets.
America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they
have a common faith in a democratic way of life. ... Most, if not all of you,
have very deep ties with the land and with the people of Israel, as I do;
for my Christian faith sprang from yours. The Bible stories are woven
into my childhood memories as the gallant struggle of modern
Jews to be free of persecution is also woven into our souls.”

“In our home there was always prayer – aloud, proud and unapologetic.”

“Greater love hath no man than to attend
the Episcopal Church with his wife.”

"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
~ John 15:13


“The noblest search is the search for excellence.”

“Doing the right thing is not the problem.
Knowing what the right thing is, that's the challenge.”

“Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin:
"God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything
that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.”

“Art is a nation's most precious heritage; for it is in our works of art that
we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us
as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.”

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But happy is he who keeps the law. ~ Proverbs 29:18


“I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which
is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office -
and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition.”

“The separation of church and state is a source of strength,
but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation
between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.”

“We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never
mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants.
... If we who serve free men today are to differ from the tyrants of this age,
we must balance the powers in our hands with God in our hearts.”

Common sense is lost without God
  Seperation of church and state:
    → Never mean
           ⮡  Seperation of religious values
                  ⮡  From lives of public servants  
                                   ↓
                        Free with God in our hearts

“This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance
to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of
man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.”

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, ... ~ Ecclesiastes 5:12-13

“At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for
all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world -
come to a single word. That word is ‘education.’”

Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life.
~ Proverbs 4:13


“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population
of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million
have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than
one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.”

“'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more
a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be
indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner.
Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why
we are all in the East Room of the White House today.”

... my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished, ... ~ Isaiah 5:13


“This Congress did more to uplift education, more to attack disease
in this country and around the world, and more to conquer poverty
than any other session in all American history, and what more worthy
achievements could any person want to have? For it was the Congress
that was more true than any other Congress to Thomas Jefferson's
belief that: 'The care of human life and happiness is the first
and only legitimate objective of good Government.'”

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health,
just as your soul prospers. ~ 3rd John 1:2


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“The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it
shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child.
And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged.
When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled.”

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD.
~ Proverbs 18:22


God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound
into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. ~ Psalms 68:6


“This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.”

“I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for
the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every
individual. I dont like to say this and wish I didnt have to add these words
to make it clear but I will regardless of color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.”

“Nothing comes free. Nothing. Not even good, especially not good.”

“But if future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than
with sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology.
We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as God really made it,
not just as it looked when we got through with it.”

“'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed',
'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words,
or those are not just empty theories.”

“In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech,
freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear -
have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the
American Republic and for the world.”

“Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly,
yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.”

Our rights are given by God’s own image
      Radical ideas:
            ● Free speech
            ● Free press
            ● Free religion
            ● Right of free assembly      
            ● Right of petition

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And
those who love it will eat its fruit. ~ Proverbs 18:21


... let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath
of man does not produce the righteousness of God. ~ James 1:19-20


“I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.”

“Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have
by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.”

“If we quit Vietnam, tomorrow we'll be fighting in Hawaii,
and next week we'll have to fight in San Francisco.”

... Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not
to disputes over doubtful things. ~ Romans 14:1


“Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the
petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency
and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety
of the age in which his youth was passed; a happy age which is now no
more to be expected, since confusion has broken in upon the world,
and thrown down all the boundaries of civility and reverence.”

... Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?"
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:9-10


“There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior
ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but
their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.”

... for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:4


Jealousy and envy tear down the heights all can aspire to be.
When we want more than applaud, what is stolen are
the mountains that build greatness itself.


“Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man.
When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with
frequent repetition, his occasional rage sinks by decay of strength into
peevishness; that peevishness, for want of novelty and variety, becomes
habitual; the world falls off from around him, and he is left, as Homer
expresses it, to devour his own heart in solitude and contempt.”

... Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see
the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short ... ~ Hebrews 12:14-15


“He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires
what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own
heart such an account as will give him satisfaction.”

“Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have
a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is.”

“Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport
and a confidence with the press and television with the communication
media. I don't think the press has understood me.”

“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River,
the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'”

“Faith builds, cynicism destroys.”

... For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly
everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips ... ~ Psalms 12:1-3


“I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm
tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.”

“The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.”

“What we won when all of our people united just must not now be
lost in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of
our people. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept,
the nomination of my party for another term as your President.”


Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the
multitude of counselors there is safety. ~ Proverbs 11:14


To be mired in humanity without God reduces to decaying flesh
without hope. Love without knowing drops upon an aging scornful
heart. A smile reaches to touch what is imagined in a tearless life.
Belief brings vision without having to see or be shown the existence
of the strength of faith. It is tritely said, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Those waiting will never see the greater promises of truth. The song
of God is simple horns of certainty. Seeing is understanding what
He has brought forth to be known. Life is greater than what comes
before us; something in the heavens reminds us of a distant home.
Survival is encased in submission to His omnipotence.


Stars shine His truth explaining now and forever
Promises are often made from over inflated egos
A misconception that only a few hold hatful hearts
Hypocrites pray one day then curse the next
Knowledge without understanding blurs truth
American ideals build from duty to God & His word
Faithful separate from public service is destructive
Without adequate education oblivion looms
What unites a people is tight bonded families
History contains the wealth of basic truisms
Contempt for those capable drives jealous hearts
Bitter hearts die alone void of welcoming truth
Obsessive arguing over truth leaves just empty truth
Faith builds heaven’s ladder while hate carves a pit

Disgust can kill the heart of a servant.

Darkness climbs to what will never be found.




 

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