“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.” — Shakespeare Shakespeare got it. Love is selfish. In other words, when you love … Continue reading
Category: Quotations
The Future That Might Have Been
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
One of the Good Guys
“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
Time
“If we take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves.” — Benjamin Franklin
Obama: He’s No Truman
“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
Mind Over Matter
Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter. — attributed to Bernard Baruch
Government–As It Was Supposed to Be
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
Semantics
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
An Observation
I am not here to contribute. I am here to observe and pass judgment. –Unknown
Beware The Snake Oil
Whenever things sound easy, there’s one part you didn’t hear. –Unknown
Need A Laugh?
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
The Most Important Army
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. — Thomas Paine