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MAY THE GREAT GOD, whom I worship, grant to my country and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory: and may no misconduct, in anyone, tarnish it: and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet.

For myself Individually, I commit my life to Him who made me and may His blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend.

AMEN AMEN AMEN

This [Judeo-Christian] tradition was based on justice, compassion, and respect for the human dignity. It was not based on laws and regulations, but on the light of Christ in every good and decent American.

"I believe that this 21st century will be another great century for America. But to make it so we've got to regain confidence in ourselves.
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"Connect our faith with our feeling about our national future.
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"The combination of faith which leads to hope and good values and hard work produces amazingly great results. Faith in God, love of country, sense of unity, confidence in the power of every individual. These are the things that have carried the American through crises greater than the ones we face today and will, I'm sure, propel us forward to a better place, if only we will return to those values and recognize them as a source of national strength.
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"Your country needs you now, and what you believe in, more than ever."

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face in marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Freedom from want must never be interpreted as freedom from the necessity to struggle.

Blessings come as WE do our BEST to serve the Lord and do what He asks of us and then to CONTINUALLY work on becoming better.

1. Create Zion in our hearts and homes.
2. Be a light to those among whom we live.
3. Focus on the ordinances and principles taught in the temple.

Consensus in matters of public and private morality is largely fruitless and often detrimental unless its roots are anchored in eternal, God-given truth.

I believe that I can make a difference with my music and by being a modest example, while still making fun and entertaining music.

We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.