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  • Il Duce’s Prayer

    “And when I vest my flashing sword And my hand takes hold in judgement I will take vengeance upon mine enemies And I will repay those who hase me O Lord, raise me to Thy right hand And count me amoung Thy saints.” “Whosoever shed last blood. By man shall his blood be shed. For…

  • The Saints’ Prayer

    “And Shepherds we shall beFor thee, my Lord, for thee.Power hath descended forth from Thy handOur feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.So we shall flow a river forth to TheeAnd teeming with souls shall it ever be.In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti. — The Saints, The Boondock Saints

  • The better lawyer

    “A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.” — Robert Frost This is another quote mentioned in a humorous context by the professor of Business Law class in the Spring of 2011.

  • Fool for a client

    “He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.” — Proverb I took a Business Law class in the Spring of 2011. This was a quote mentioned by the teacher in one of the sessions. The quote is typically misattributed to Abraham Lincoln, but I was unable to find the actual author.

  • Condemnation on associations

    “We must not fall into the heritage of fundamentalism and condemn people based on secondhand reports of their associations.” — Driscoll and Breshears, Doctrine

  • Francis Chan on ideas

    “It is easy to have an idea and find things to support. We need to instead let the Bible form our ideas.” — Francis Chan, Crazy Love

  • Divine Humility

    …it is “a poor thing to come to [God] as a last resort, to offer up ‘our own’ when it is no longer worth keeping. […] If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?” — C.S. Lewis, The…

  • “God never had an identity crisis.”

    “God never had an identity crisis.” — Francis Chan, Crazy Love

  • They drink the sand

    Lewis Rothschild: “You have a deeper love of this country than any man I’ve ever known. And I want to know what it says to you that in the past seven weeks, 59% of Americans have begun to question your patriotism.” President Andrew Shepherd: “Look, if the people want to listen to…” Lewis Rothschild: “They…

  • The A-Team on Ghandi

    B.A.’s Ghandi Quote: “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” Hannibal’s Ghandi Quote: “It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.” — The A-Team