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The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types -- the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton	added by Normando 5 months ago
I’m in jail for my political views; for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin’s dictatorship, for facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it. – Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Kara-Murza	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Unless he decides to repent, Matteo Messina Denaro, even locked up, will continue to be the king of the Cosa Nostra because no one is ready to sit on the throne that he left only half-empty. – Roberto Saviano	Found on CNN 1 year ago
She ends her trash column with her best attempt at decency, saying she will maybe possibly give them the blessing of her appreciation if they repent for their audacious and unacceptable support for Donald Trump, lady. – Tomi Lahren	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Repent and give yourself to Jesus and start a new life. – Derek Hill	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If it is true that a man who has dominated the news and poisoned the discussion for months needs to repent, then it is doubly true that a nation that can produce such a man and make his vitriol go viral needs to repent, no matter what happens next month, more than a third of the nation that would go along with this, is reason to be afraid. America needs to repent for its worship of Whiteness, on full display this season. – Raphael Warnock	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There was a political imperative on the government to get an agreement and then to go to the electorate with the claim that they had, to coin a phrase, got Brexit done, i think it possibly was the case in some senses that it was `make the agreement in haste and then repent at leisure. And what were seeing now is the repentance. – Tim Bale	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Look how rapid these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come in a short period of time, do you think it's coincidence or no? God is speaking to you guys. Australia - you need to repent. – Israel Folau	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Do you think it's coincidence or no? God is speaking to you guys. Australia - you need to repent. – Israel Folau	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I will continue work every day to repent for my actions and represent my constituents. – The Post	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
So today I denounce the words of Rep. Iowa Rep. Steve King and I do so invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who if would have been allowed to live, would be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr 90th birthday tomorrow, dr. King counseled that we are going to be made to repent, not just with the hateful words and deeds of bad people but for the appalling silence of good people.'. – Jim Clyburn	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place,' but rather a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that's wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that's wrong with them, – Everett Piper	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
Pray that these provocative young men might repent of their intimidation and be saved. – Father Josiah Trenham	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
A House Divided Understand what is at stake in the decision we make for or against Jesus Christ. To serve God’s true and eternal King is to enter the way to everlasting life. Through faith in Christ, we will enter paradise. But to reject the kingship of Christ is to fall under the judgment of God. If we go our own way in life—if we insist on having the upper hand over other people, refusing to give up our foolish and selfish pleasures, always breaking God’s commandments and never submitting to his will for our lives—then we will never enter the kingdom of God. Unless we repent, we will be lost forever. – PHILIP GRAHAM RYKEN	added by meteorstorm 7 years ago
There are always the naysayers and the agnostics when it comes to God trying to reach mankind in His urgent message to repent. – Mark Blitz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I tell my father and my son: Repent to God. I say to the spies who spy on Islamic State: You will not be successful, they will expose you. – Muhammad Musallam	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Ever keep in exercise the principle of mercy, and be ready to forgive our brother on the first intimations of repentance, and asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother, or even our enemy, before he repent or ask forgiveness, our heavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto us. – Joseph Smith, Jr.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. – Jesus Christ	added by anonymous 9 years ago
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. – Bob Dylan	added by anonymous 10 years ago
We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after. – Molière	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN. – Aldous Huxley	added by anonymous 10 years ago
... and thereof do I repent: I only plucked an occasional flower when I might have gathered an ample harvest of fruit -- such are the just grounds for the regrets I have ... – D. A. F. Sade, "Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish. – Benjamin Franklin	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types -- the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution.

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

added by Normando
5 months ago

I’m in jail for my political views; for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, for many years of struggle against Putin’s dictatorship, for facilitating the adoption of personal international sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against human rights violators. Not only do I not repent of any of this, I am proud of it.

– Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Kara-Murza

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unless he decides to repent, Matteo Messina Denaro, even locked up, will continue to be the king of the Cosa Nostra because no one is ready to sit on the throne that he left only half-empty.

– Roberto Saviano

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She ends her trash column with her best attempt at decency, saying she will maybe possibly give them the blessing of her appreciation if they repent for their audacious and unacceptable support for Donald Trump, lady.

– Tomi Lahren

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Repent and give yourself to Jesus and start a new life.

– Derek Hill

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If it is true that a man who has dominated the news and poisoned the discussion for months needs to repent, then it is doubly true that a nation that can produce such a man and make his vitriol go viral needs to repent, no matter what happens next month, more than a third of the nation that would go along with this, is reason to be afraid. America needs to repent for its worship of Whiteness, on full display this season.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There was a political imperative on the government to get an agreement and then to go to the electorate with the claim that they had, to coin a phrase, got Brexit done, i think it possibly was the case in some senses that it was `make the agreement in haste and then repent at leisure. And what were seeing now is the repentance.

– Tim Bale

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Look how rapid these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come in a short period of time, do you think it's coincidence or no? God is speaking to you guys. Australia - you need to repent.

– Israel Folau

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Do you think it's coincidence or no? God is speaking to you guys. Australia - you need to repent.

– Israel Folau

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I will continue work every day to repent for my actions and represent my constituents.

– The Post

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

So today I denounce the words of Rep. Iowa Rep. Steve King and I do so invoking the words of Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who if would have been allowed to live, would be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr 90th birthday tomorrow, dr. King counseled that we are going to be made to repent, not just with the hateful words and deeds of bad people but for the appalling silence of good people.'.

– Jim Clyburn

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place,' but rather a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that's wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that's wrong with them,

– Everett Piper

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

Pray that these provocative young men might repent of their intimidation and be saved.

– Father Josiah Trenham

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

A House Divided Understand what is at stake in the decision we make for or against Jesus Christ. To serve God’s true and eternal King is to enter the way to everlasting life. Through faith in Christ, we will enter paradise. But to reject the kingship of Christ is to fall under the judgment of God. If we go our own way in life—if we insist on having the upper hand over other people, refusing to give up our foolish and selfish pleasures, always breaking God’s commandments and never submitting to his will for our lives—then we will never enter the kingdom of God. Unless we repent, we will be lost forever.

– PHILIP GRAHAM RYKEN

added by meteorstorm
7 years ago

There are always the naysayers and the agnostics when it comes to God trying to reach mankind in His urgent message to repent.

– Mark Blitz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I tell my father and my son: Repent to God. I say to the spies who spy on Islamic State: You will not be successful, they will expose you.

– Muhammad Musallam

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Ever keep in exercise the principle of mercy, and be ready to forgive our brother on the first intimations of repentance, and asking forgiveness; and should we even forgive our brother, or even our enemy, before he repent or ask forgiveness, our heavenly Father would be equally as merciful unto us.

– Joseph Smith, Jr.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

– Jesus Christ

added by anonymous
9 years ago

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

– Bob Dylan

added by anonymous
10 years ago

We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after.

– Molière

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.

– Aldous Huxley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

... and thereof do I repent: I only plucked an occasional flower when I might have gathered an ample harvest of fruit -- such are the just grounds for the regrets I have ...

– D. A. F. Sade, "Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

added by anonymous
14 years ago

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

– Benjamin Franklin

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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