{"id":10844,"date":"2016-08-17T00:58:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/vote\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T00:58:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:58:15","slug":"vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/vote\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>When there is moral rot within a   nation, its government topples easily. But with wise and knowledgeable   leaders, there is stability.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs 28:2<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>When the godly are in authority, the   people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs 29:2<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>W<\/b>here annual elections end, there slavery begins.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>John Quincy Adams<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>A<\/b> straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>O. Henry<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>W<\/b>e preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Lyndon B. Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>V<\/b>oter: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t vote for you, if you were St. Peter himself!\u201d Candidate: \u201cIf I were St. Peter, you wouldn\u2019t be in my district!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he number one problem in our country is apathy\u2014but no one seems to care!<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>A<\/b>n American will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won\u2019t cross the street to vote in a national election.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>W<\/b>henever a fellow tells me he\u2019s bipartisan I know he\u2019s going to vote against me.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Harry S. Truman<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>A<\/b>mong free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.\u2026 The ballot is stronger than the bullet.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>T<\/b>he secret ballot in America is the most sacred heritage which we have and that I have stood by. Even my wife doesn\u2019t know how I voted.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>Nelson A. Rockefeller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But with wise and knowledgeable leaders, there is stability. Proverbs 28:2 When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan. Proverbs 29:2 Where annual elections end, there slavery begins. John Quincy Adams A straw &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/vote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VOTE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}