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Here\u2019s a way to mark the upcoming Presidents weekend. The source for all of these? Guideposts<\/em> magazine, 1969.<\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy<\/strong>
\n\u201cIs not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?\u201d (Isaiah 58:6)<\/p>\n

John Glenn<\/strong>
\n\u201cIf I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.\u201d (Psalm 139:9-10)<\/p>\n

Norman Rockwell<\/strong>
\n\u201cHe that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.\u201d (John 8:7)<\/p>\n

Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/strong>
\n\u201cAnd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\u201d (John 8:32)<\/p>\n

Abigail Van Buren<\/strong>
\nThe entire 23rd Psalm.<\/p>\n

Charles Schulz<\/strong>
\n\u201cBut ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.\u201d (I Peter 2:9)<\/p>\n

Roy Rogers<\/strong>
\n\u201cFor God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d (John 3:16)<\/p>\n

Helen Keller<\/strong>
\n\u201cJesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)<\/p>\n

Herbert Hoover<\/strong>
\nThe Sermon on the Mount<\/a>. (Matthew 5:1 through 7:29)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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