"From the joy and the good feeling of this conference, I go to a political reception. Now, I don't know why, but that bit of scheduling reminds me of a story ---- which I'll share with you.
An evangelical minister and a politician arrived at Heaven's gate one day together. And St. Peter, after doing all the necessary formalities, took them in hand to show them where their quarters would be. And he took them to a small, single room with a bed, a chair, and a table and said this was for the clergyman. And the politician was a little worried about what might be in store for him. And he couldn't believe it then when St. Peter stopped in front of a beautiful mansion with lovely grounds, many servants, and told him that these would be his quarters.
And he couldn't help but ask, he said, `But wait, how -- there's something wrong -- how do I get this mansion while that good and holy man only gets a single room?' And St. Peter said, `You have to understand how things are up here. We've got thousands and thousands of clergy. You're the first politician who ever made it'."Ronald Reagan
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida March 8, 1983
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"Since her beginning America has held fast to this hope of divine providence, this vision of 'man with God.'
It is true that world peace is jeopardized by those who view mannot as a noble beingbut as an accident of nature, without soul, and important only to the extent he can serve an all powerful state.
But it is our spiritual commitmentmore than all the military might in the worldthat will win our struggle for peace.
It is not 'bombs and rockets' but belief and resolveit is humility before God that is ultimately the source of Americas strength as a nation.
Our people always have held fast to this belief, this vision, since our first days as a nation."Ronald Reagan
Election Eve Address A Vision for America 11/3/1980
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