
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. — Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. — Thomas Jefferson
“It is imperative that we never suggest that there’s a moral equivalency between the United States of America and the terrorists. Period. I’ll believe that until the day I die.” — Tim Russert This is why he was one of … Continue reading
“If we take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves.” — Benjamin Franklin
“No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.” — Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman
Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter. — attributed to Bernard Baruch
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error. — Robert Houghwout Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. … Continue reading
Grissom: “How many crusades were fought in the name of God? How many people died because of someone’s ‘religion’?” Priest: “Fanaticism, not religion.” Grissom: “Semantics. They’re still dead.” from: CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, “Alter Boys.” (c) CBS Worldwide & Alliance-Atlantis … Continue reading
I am not here to contribute. I am here to observe and pass judgment. –Unknown
Whenever things sound easy, there’s one part you didn’t hear. –Unknown
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event over which we have no control, deal with it, and then move on with our lives. It helps distinguish us from animals. No matter what hyenas sound … Continue reading
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. — Thomas Paine
Rose Wilder Lane, a 1920s socialist who later turned into an advocate of freedom and individualism When I raged at … the excluding of legally elected men from legislatures because they were legally elected socialists, half my friends said I … Continue reading