If political authority is not limited, the division of powers, ordinarily the guarantee of freedom, becomes a danger and a scourge.
– Benjamin Constant
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- In prayer, God doesn’t guarantee the answer you want, but He does guarantee the answer you need. – Todd Stocker
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