“Never give a good politician time to pray.”
Source: Under the Dome
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Context: All my life I've prayed the Lord's Prayer, but I've never prayed, "Give me this day my daily bread." It is always, "Give us this day our daily bread." Bread and life are shared realities. They do not happen in isolation. Civilization is an unnatural act. We have to make it happen, you and I, together with all the other strangers.
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Context: Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
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“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
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“Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.”
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“Me pray? Never! I'm an atheist.”
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