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"The Christian optimism is based on the fact that we do not fit in to the world."

"The leadings of the Holy Spirit will help you to achieve your goals in the quickest way."

"God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out air-quality. He knew it already. It was I who did. In this trial He makes us occupy the dock, the witness box, and the day all at once. He always knew that my temple was a house of cards. His only way of making me realize that fact was to knock it down."

"We need to remember not to give the devil a chance and fall away from God's grace."

"It is a special privilege and calling to live in two millenniums."

"God knows everything that happened in your life."

"We call ourselves Protestants, but we have totally departed from the teachings of the early Protestants. Martin Luther, John Wesley and John Calvin would turn in their graves, if they hear the kind of teachings we are now feeding the people of God with."
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"Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions."

"We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places."

"The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity."

"When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law."

"Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win."

"The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many."

"We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong."

"Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety."
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