"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy."

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"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy."

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"In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order."

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"How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?"

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"It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline."

Family, Faith, Discipline, Difference

"He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in and said your family has already moved and you have to move, the boat is ready to take you out. I didn't have time to ask, even ask a question."

Family, Time, Question

"I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker."

Health, Heart, Crisis, First

"Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again."

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"And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside."

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"Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups."

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"I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could."

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"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

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"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

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"I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."

Barack Obama, American President

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"He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success."

Barack Obama, American President

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"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable."

Diane Abbott, British Politician

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"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured."

Dean Acheson, American Statesman

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"Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country."

John Acton, English Historian

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"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family."

Gary Ackerman, American Politician

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