Clergyman's

“A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.”
– Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
– Barack Obama

“Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.”
– Victoria Woodhull