The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. — Mark Caine
Category: Quotations
Leaders
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. — Max Lucado
The Road to Hell Paved With Socialist Intentions
Under socialism production is entirely directed by the orders of the central board of production management. The whole nation is an industrial army . . . and each citizen is bound to obey his superiors’ orders. In the bureaucratic machine … Continue reading
Supreme Court, Are You Listening?
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. — John Locke
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”
“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and … Continue reading
America Wouldn’t Have Been Discovered in 2012
Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. — Milton Friedman
Message to Robber Baron Socialists
“Just write a check and shut up.” — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s message to Warren Buffet and other socialist rich people who whine that taxes must be higher, because they feel guilty and want government to redistribute wealth.
Avoidance Won’t Win You Freedom or Prosperity
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! — Pericles (430 B.C.)
Peter, Paul, Barack and Mitt
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. — George Bernard Shaw
The Wolves We Vote For
A nation of sheep breeds a government of wolves. — Judge Andrew Paolo Napolitano
Looters With Power
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
Church + State = Death
I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. — George Carlin