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“At the end of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a Philadelphia lady asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” It takes a nation of patriots to keep a republic. Especially this republic. The United States, with all its might, isn’t likely to be conquered from the outside anytime soon. If American liberty loses its luster, the dimming will come from within. It will be due to our own lack of attention and devotion. Without patriotism, there cannot be a United States. It falls upon us—upon you and me—to take care of this miraculous American democracy, to make it work, to love it.”
― William J. Bennett, The American Patriot's Almanac: Daily Readings on America

“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
― Anonymous, ESV Study Bible

“Unless our motivation in pursuing holiness is gospel-based and grace-centered, our efforts toward holiness become attempts to win God's favor.”
― Derek W.H. Thomas, How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home

“Seek the LORD,  x all you humble of the land,         who do his just commands; [2]      y seek righteousness; seek humility;          y perhaps  z you may be hidden         on the day of the anger of the LORD.”
― Anonymous, ESV Study Bible