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We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed

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John Ashcroft
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: May 9
Former Governor Of Missouri
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Only God, no other kings!
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This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.
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Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.
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