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While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.
Tony Campolo
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Tony Campolo
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: February 25
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Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith.
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Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.
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