<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33498390</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:07:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Quotes</title><description></description><link>http://quotes.diakonos.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lance Taylor)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>193</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33498390.post-4943617339608173568</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-27T08:07:49.003-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We shall not fight alone. God presides over the destinies of nations. The battle is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, ALMIGHTY GOD! Give me liberty or give me death!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Patrick Henry&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33498390-4943617339608173568?l=quotes.diakonos.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://quotes.diakonos.com/2009/05/it-cannot-be-emphasized-too-strongly-or.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lance Taylor)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33498390.post-1668799411709495298</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-13T11:40:43.451-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. 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