Reason tends to check selfish impulses and to grant the satisfaction of legitimate impulses in others.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.

The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of wood – and that the end results will be no different than if people had voluntarily chosen the same action

Grant made the perfect candidate, a war hero with indistinct views on most political issues.