struggle4progress
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Sun Nov-07-10 09:55 AM
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"I regret the rain, but it remains as the Bible tells us on the just and the unjust alike, |
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on Republicans as well as Democrats" John F. Kennedy National Plowing Contest Sioux Falls, SD September 22, 1960 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=74150
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Sun Nov-07-10 04:48 PM
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1. That's from The Merchant of Venice. |
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The quality of mercy is not strained; it falleth as the gentle rain on the just and unjust alike.
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Sun Nov-07-10 05:02 PM
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2. ... for he makes the sun shine alike upon both the evil and the good, and sends rain to the just |
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and to the unjust ... Matthew 5:45
... The quality of mercy is not strain'd. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice ... Merchant of Venice IV:1
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