A Prayer from Billy Graham concerning the values of today

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> 'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to
> seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who
> call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our
> spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited
> the poor and called
> it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have
> killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists
> and called it
> justifiable. We ha ve neglected to discipline our children and called it
> building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have
> coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have
> polluted the air
> with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have
> ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it
> enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today;
> cleanse us from every sin
> and Set us free. Amen!'

Great quotes on government all on one page

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> "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed,if you do read
> the newspaper you are misinformed." -Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a
bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston
Churchill.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -.George Bernard Shaw.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what
to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor
people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to
teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what
it costs when it's free! -P.J. O'Rourke

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money
as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-Voltaire (1764)

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles
(430 B.C.)

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the
legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown

The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald
Reagan

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. -Mark
Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson

A nation that sacrifices its principles to maintain its privileges is destined to lose both.
Dwight Eisenhower

AND TO THINK THESE ARE OLD QUOTES. SOMETHINGS NEVER CHANGE