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Cardinal Richelieu

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LAURA CARDINAL They (the Board of Supervisors) ignored or glossed over that distinction.
LAURA CARDINAL A very, very small part of the area to be incorporated could be called a community. It's rural.
LAURA CARDINAL Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
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CARDINAL DE RETZ This is a very damaging confusion.
CARDINAL PAUL POUPARD Culture plays a fundamental role for relations between Christians and Muslims.
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GEORGE CARDINAL PELL You've heard of the three ages of man - youth, age, and you are looking wonderful.
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN Living the good life as created beings depends on living within the limits and according to the trut...
GEORGE CARDINAL PELL A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a ...
JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We ca...
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JEAN MARIE CARDINAL LUSTIGER For me, this nomination was as if all of a sudden the crucifix began to wear a yellow star.
JEAN MARIE CARDINAL LUSTIGER Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
LEON JOSEPH CARDINAL SUENENS The people wish to be deceived; let them be deceived. [Lat., Populus vult decipi; decipiatur.]
CARDINAL CARLO CARAFA (OR CARAFFA) She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.
CARDINAL JEAN FRANCOIS DE RETZ To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois...
ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS DUC DE RICHELIEU One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?
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