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" America is fundamentally exceptional. No one in the history of the world had ever done anything to compare with what the Founders did, creating a fragile mechanism by which men and women could actually govern themselves. "

Eric Metaxas

America

History

Women

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Him

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Great

Nation

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" I'm willing to give Pat Robertson a pass when he says things he shouldn't. That's because for every wacky, regrettable thing he says, he does a hundred thousand non-wacky good things that you'll never hear about on television. "

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" We all can do our part to address America's anger mismanagement crisis. And for us Christians, it starts with a little more faith, hope, and love. "

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Love

Anger

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