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“Atheist . . . A man who has no invisible means of support.” Attributed to both Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and John Buchan

“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”
Werner von Braun

“Happiness hates the timid.”

Eugene O’Neal

“Funny how a dollar can look so big when you take it to church, and so small when you take it to the store.”
Frank Clark

“Don’t knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?”
Dr. Laurence J. Peter

“The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages as if the savages weren’t dangerous enough.”
Edward Abbey

“I don’t believe in God, but I’m afraid of Him.”
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“A politician is one who believes that How To Serve Man is a cookbook.”
Anonymous

“If you put the Federal government in charge of the Sahara desert, in five …show more content…

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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It is said that the last stage of idealism is cynicism: “The last refuge of an idealist is cynicism.” It has been recorded that some cynics have given up their negativity for something greater than self—belief in the Creator. The last refuge of a cynic is faith.

GLOSSARY

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. State-sanctioned racial profiling detrimental to whites.

ANTI-SEMITISM. A defensive strategy of a population that is seeking to control its own destiny.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. The lawful killing of murderers by the state after a trial and imposed death sentence.

COMMUNISM. A form of government assuring Jews control of the non-Jewish population which is rendered subordinate and subservient to Jewish

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