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Teach your sons to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.

— António de Oliveira Salazar

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Do not discuss God and his reason, does not discuss the motherland and the nation.

All for the nation, nothing against the nation.

The discussions have revealed the mistake, but not explained the problem, since even if you know what you will understand it for democracy.

Who is not patriotic can not be considered Portuguese.

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

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Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

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