Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it."
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Righteous Man
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Euripides
Playwright
"The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate."
Brigham Young
Religious Leader
"There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our duty. To prepare tabernacles for them; to take a course that will not tend to drive those spirits into families of the wicked, where they will be trained in wickedness, debauchery, and every species of crime. It is the duty of every righteous man and woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they can. This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits which are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth."
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth."
Pindar
Poet
"Time is the best preserver of righteous men."
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"We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness."
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"In order to be true to one's conscience and true to God, a righteous man has no alternative but to refuse to cooperate with an evil system."
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"We are ashamed of our fear; for we know that a righteous man would not suspect danger nor incur any. Wherever a man feels fear, there is an avenger."
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"The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it."
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