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Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for wealth and position more fully shown than in designating the seat in which each person should sit during public worship.

~Alice Morse Earle

Topics: Ceremonies Each Forefathers Forms Fully Great More Nothing Our Person Persons Position Public Puritan Regard Seat Should Shown Sit Than Though Wealth Were Which Worship

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We now enter a new age of American history, and the question to be answered is this: Will we restore the republic our forefathers created, or will we allow it to be annihilated by those who hate America, its history, and all it stands for?

~Augustus Sol Invictus

Topics: Age Allow America American American History Answered Created Enter Forefathers Hate History New New Age Now Our Question Republic Restore Stands Those Who Will

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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Doctrines England Forefathers Hold Inherit Liberty Men New New England Puritan Which You Your

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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.

~Calvin Peete

Topics: About Ask Asking Black Blacks Elder Feels Forefathers He Him His How Lee Like Man Masters Only Slaves Traditions Until Were Who

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I don't think there's anything less attractive than a man over-dyeing things on his face, so I'm going to try, for as long as I can, to age as my male forefathers before me. My father started getting grays when he was in his 30s, as did my grandfather before him, so I don't want to look perpetually young.

~Chris Pine

Topics: Age Anything Attractive Before Did Face Father Forefathers Getting Going Grandfather He Him His Less Long Look Male Man Me Perpetually Started Than Things Think Try Want Young I Can

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Our forefathers increased and decreased the influx of peoples because America was building a melting pot and because certain ethnicities often brought with them certain securities and degrees of productivity.

~Chuck Norris

Topics: America Because Brought Building Certain Degrees Forefathers Increased Melting Melting Pot Often Our People Pot Productivity Securities Them

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One of the things about the Constitution - that our forefathers wrote, and basically, there were none of our foremothers that were there. There were none of our fore-sisters there. There are changes that can take place, and there is room to change.

~Danny K. Davis

Topics: About Basically Change Changes Constitution Forefathers None One Of The Things Our Place Room Take Things Were Wrote

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We have become bound by a political straitjacket that frames every debate: Too much federal government. Yet our forefathers forged this system for us. The federal government can accomplish what the states, acting alone or even in concert, cannot.

~Donna Brazile

Topics: Accomplish Acting Alone Become Bound Cannot Concert Debate Even Every Federal Federal Government Forefathers Forged Frames Government Much Our Political States System Too Too Much Us

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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

~Fletcher Knebel

Topics: Forefathers Fought Made Mistake Our Representation Should Taxation Without

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I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.

~Francis Schaeffer

Topics: About Come Conclusion Did Feels Forefathers Generation Guilty None Our Our Generation Should Sin Us

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