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- Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
- Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
- Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)
- One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
- The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.
- Maurice Chapelain
- Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
- I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.
- George Bush (1924 - ), to convention of National Religious Broadcasters
- Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.
- President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 pp548-549
- Democracy is, first and foremost, a spiritual force, it is built upon a spiritual basis - and on a belief in God and an observance of moral principle. And in the long run only the church can provide that basis. Our founder knew this truth - and we will neglect it at our peril.
- President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 p1063
- I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you.
- George Bush (1924 - ), to convention of National Religious Broadcasters
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