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One thing every writer needs occasionally is a good quote just to prove s/he is well read. Lin Stone Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. -Robert Orben Fresh Courage Take"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." William Penn *** None but fools trifle with the souls of men. Joseph Smith *** If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. -- Samuel Adams *** Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard. ***
Damn the torpedoes! Captain Drayton, go ahead! David Glasgow Farragut *** The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. William Lloyd Garrison ***
Give Me Liberty, or Give me
Death *** Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs - Apple *** Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. Josh Billings *** "The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man." David Crockett *** One country, one constitution, one destiny. Daniel Webster *** "A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him." - Rosellen Brown *** No one becomes a saint in his sleep. Sterling W. Sill. *** We are not weak, if we make proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power... The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. -- Patrick Henry ART. X of New Hampshire State Constitution: Government being instituted for the common benefit; protection, and security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted and public liberty manifestly endangered , and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people of right ought and may to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. *** Who ordained that the few should have the land (of Britain) as a prerequisite; who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth? -- David Lloyd George *** By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. Lenin *** In tough economic times, people care a lot more about the money they're spending. Drew Patterson *** I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. Nathan Hale. If America lived up to its heritage, its greatness would last forever." J.T. Hale |
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Political CurvesFleas can be taught nearly everything that a Congressman can. Mark Twain
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that
the taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain.
*** Hitler's originality lay in his realization that effective revolutions, in modern conditions, are carried out with, and not against, the power of the state: The correct order of events was first to secure access to that power and then begin his revolution. Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal. (the historian) Alan Bullock
*** Time makes more converts
*** I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I'm from Missouri; you've got to show me. William Duncan Vandiver, 1899 at a naval banquet in Philadelphia. *** I enjoy reading words of wisdom
especially those
our leaders of today seem to forget about. *** Be not the first by which the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. anon *** We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist *** I realize that there are certain limitations placed upon the right of free speech. I may not be able to say all I think, but I am not going to say anything I do not think. Eugene V. Debs *** Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw *** "I believe there is something out there watching
us. *** Small minds talk about famous people. Mediocre minds talk about famous events. Great minds talk about ideas that will never be forgotten. I can't remember who said that. *** People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Earl Nightingale *** What would chairs look like if our knees buckled the other way? *** These are the worst of days, a time when telling the truth is labeled "derogatory." Anon. *** In this world a man must be either anvil or
hammer. *** I'd rather be the hammer than the anvil.
"You name them. I'll shoot them." *** No life is of much value and every death is but a little loss. Clarence Darrow. *** It is sad to think how many of those telling points (from scientific discoveries) that turned some of our best students away from the gospel have turned out to be dead wrong! Hugh B. Nibley *** In every presidential campaign you hear the sweet words that sweeps candidates into power. But after the Oval Office is achieved all you hear is a cry for compromise -- and patience. Lin Stone *** The government needs to find better ways to spend its time and our money. Mike McLean, Richfield Minn. *** Energy and Persistance Conquer All Things
Benjamin Franklin *** War is not the best way of settling differences; however, it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you. G.K. Chesterton *** “He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.” Shakespeare *** Liberal doctrines are less scientifically provable than the story of Noah's Ark. Ann Coulter. *** We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life. Richard Lamm. *** Where we once had a few big rules, now we need an encyclopedia of little rules. Chesterson. *** The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. Conor Cruise O'Brien *** Women should not be allowed to serve in the military. They are too vicious. Ann Coulter. *** When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children. Albert Shanker. *** You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. -- P.J O'Rourke *** I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charlie Chaplin *** I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. Lord Byron *** There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. Gilbert K. Chesterton *** In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot. -- Mark Twain *** Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10% of our income. -- Harry Browne *** Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened. -- Sir Winston Churchill *** To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them... -- George Mason *** If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. -- attributed to John Wayne *** The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. -- Jonathan Swift *** We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. -- Mikhail Gorbachev *** If we can't legislate what goes on in the bedroom, why can't I hide money from the IRS under my mattress? Ann Coulter. *** Humans have rights under any and all conditions. KATHY KASTEN *** “If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill each other? … Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.” Mother Teresa. *** If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean. Henry Clay *** The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries. It marks its victim, denounces it, and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments. Henry Clay. *** Marriages can die from a lack of spiritual nourishment. James E. Faust. |
