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"Appeasement is feeding the dragon hoping he will eat you last."
"The
most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government
and I'm here to help."
"A
government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have." "Let there be no change [in Constitutional powers] by
usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good,
it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed." "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. "Benjamin Franklin "We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism." Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1959 "I am in politics
because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end
good will triumph." "A good plan
violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." "I am concerned
for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from
without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we
shall become as corrupt as Europe ."
"There is a certain enthusiasm in
liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and
heroism."
"Government exists to protect us
from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding
to protect us from ourselves."
"To unequal privileges among members of the same society the spirit
of our nation is, with one accord, adverse."
"America will never be destroyed
from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we
destroyed ourselves."
"An investment in knowledge pays
the best interest."
"Let us with caution indulge the
supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and
experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principle."
"Facts are stubborn things; and
whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our
passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
"Do not separate text from
historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the
Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of
illegitimate government."
"To sin by silence when they should
protest makes cowards of men."
"The Constitution is the guide
which I never will abandon."
"We can not play innocents abroad
in a world that is not innocent."
"When the American spirit was in
its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the
primary object."
"Life's Tragedy is that we get old
to soon and wise too late."
"We will not waiver; we will
not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will
prevail."
"The truth is incontrovertible,
malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is."
"Worry is the interest paid by
those who borrow trouble."
"What prudent merchant will hazard
his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans
may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?"
"It is fatal to enter any war
without the will to win it."
"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and
everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with
all that's good"
"The U. S. Constitution doesn't
guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it
yourself."
"What we can borrow from Ronald
Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the
strengths of America, not running America down."
"Liberty, when it begins to take
root, is a plant of rapid growth."
"The object of war is not to die
for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in
every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"Criticism may not be agreeable,
but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body.
It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things."
"One ought never to turn one's back
on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will
double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you
will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"
"America must not ignore the threat
gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the
final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom
cloud."
"With the privilege of
knowing of, swearing to, and living under our Constitution, comes the
responsibility of maintaining and adhering to it."
"The best defense against
usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
“When you reach the end
of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
"The doors of wisdom are never
shut." "Error of Opinion may be tolerated where Reason is left
free to combat it."
"It will be of little avail to the
people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so
voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be
understood."
"The advancement and diffusion of
knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
"Liberals, it has been said, are
generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of
national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's
freedom and security."
"Perhaps it is better to be
irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong."
"The liberties of a people never
were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be
concealed from them."
"The spirit of resistance to
government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always
kept alive."
"Our defense is in the preservation
of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands,
everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism
around your own doors."
"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand
of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." "The United States is the only
superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it,
militarily, they also lead economically, but they're getting weak. But they
don't lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The
United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations.
There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on
the United States. Today, we lost that hope." "The most pathetic person in the world is someone who
has sight but has no vision."
"For every problem, there exists a solution...and at the very
least...an opportunity."
Michael McMillan "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?" Thomas Jefferson "The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance." Benjamin Franklin "Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views. "William F. Buckley, Jr. "I would
rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to
those attending too small a degree of it." "Never hold discussions with the
monkey when the organ grinder is in the room."
"Wars may be fought with weapons,
but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man
who leads that gains the victory."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and
I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"By failing to prepare, you are
preparing to fail."
"I conceive that the great part of
the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have
made of the value of things."
"Tricks and treachery are the
practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest."
"Where an excess of power prevails,
property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his
person, his faculties, or his possessions."
“Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is
wrong”
"How far you can go without
destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?"
"A man does what he must - in spite
of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures -
and that is the basis of all human morality."
"Three groups spend other people's
money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision."
"The chief function of the body is
to carry the brain around."
"Carry the battle to them. Don't
let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize
for anything."
"The people are the only legitimate
fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter,
under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived."
"There is danger from all men. The
only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty."
"Carry the battle to them. Don't
let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize
for anything."
"Those who stand for nothing fall
for anything."
"It is difficult to make our
material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it
by bad laws."
"The essence of Government is
power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable
to abuse."
"He that is good for making excuses
is seldom good for anything else."
"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a
just, limited, federal government."
"We must reject the idea that every
time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is
time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for
his actions."
"By rendering the labor of one, the
property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side;
on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt."
"Better to remain silent and be
thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
"Some people regard private
enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they
can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy
wagon."
"Let not him who is houseless pull
down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for
himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence
when built."
"We will always remember. We will
always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free."
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet
as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty
God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty,
or give me death!"
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want
to test a man's character, give him power."
"There is no substitute for victory."
"As an
American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize
without any accomplishments to his name, but that America gave him the White
House based on the same credentials."
"Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning."
"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a
majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political
function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by
majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."
"Power over a man's subsistence is
power over his will."
"He that raises a large family does, indeed,
while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he
stands a broader mark for pleasure too."
''Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
"How few there are who have courage
enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them."
"Firearms are second only to the
Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."
"Americans have the right and
advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose
governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." "It has long, however, been my opinion and I have never
shrunk from its expression that the germ of dissolution of our federal
government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary -- working like
gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow
and advancing the noiseless step like a thief over the field of
jurisprudence until all shall be usurped." "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to
succeed is more important than any other." "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful
lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought
experience."
"A
lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its
shoes."
Mark
Twain
"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others." Winston Churchill
"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone
monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
Pericles "The invisible hand of freedom taking on the visible
foot of government." "Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose
your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they
become habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character.
Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny." "In Republics, the great danger is,
that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority." "Reason is not automatic. Those who
deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." "Back in the thirties we were told
we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are
told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich." "Abuse of words has been the great
instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of
society." "You can fool all the people some of
the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the
people all the time." "I do not fear an army of lions if they are led by a lamb. I do fear an army of sheep if they are led by a lion ."Alexander the Great
"Lawsuit abuse
is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and
services to consumers. "
"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to
bring it to light."
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look
so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the
ones which open for us."
"He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the
highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest
things."
"One today is worth two tomorrows." "Criticism is prejudice made possible" "Government does not solve problems;
it subsidizes them." "Welfare's purpose should be to
eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence." "Without God, democracy will not and
cannot long endure." "Of the four wars in my lifetime,
none came about because the U.S. was too strong." "People do not make wars;
governments do." "Recession is when a neighbor loses
his job. Depression is when you lose yours." "Some people wonder all their lives
if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." "Protecting the rights of even the
least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has
for even existing." "Politics is supposed to be the
second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close
resemblance to the first." "The problem is not that people are
taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much." "There can be no liberty unless
there is economic liberty." "A slender acquaintance with the
world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true
criterion of the attachment of friends." "Associate yourself with men of good
quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad
company." H. L. Mencken
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom
fail?”
"Guard with jealous attention the
public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately,
nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that
force, you are inevitably ruined."
"Kites rise highest against the
wind - not with it."
“Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right
choice.” "It is inaccurate to say that I hate
everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and
common decency. This makes me ineligible for public office." "Giving every man a vote has no more
made men wise than Christianity has made them good." "Any person who afflicts the human
race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood." "Ability is what you're capable of doing.
Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." "I may be drunk,
Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly." "Guard against
the impostures of pretended patriotism."
"There are two ways to
conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword, the other is by debt."
"Stand with anybody that stands RIGHT. Stand with him
while he is right and PART with him when he goes wrong."
"I hope I shall possess firmness
and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all
titles, the character of an honest man."
“Help the
Cubans to the utmost” counseling his successor while handing over the reins.
“We cannot let Castro's government go on.”
"Do not ever say that the desire to
"do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are
good motives."
"Civilization is the progress
toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled
by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free
from men." "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." "He who uses the
office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief." "The dogmas of
the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled
high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is
new, so we must think anew and act anew." "If you set out
to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time,
and you would achieve nothing." "Most
Americans know that the government competes with the private sector
the way an
alligator
competes with a duck. It
consumes it." "Government
"help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the
only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping
its hands off." "The party in
power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall." "Some men succeed by what they know; some by what
they do; and a few by what they are." "Government is
not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous
servant and a fearful master." "If you are going
through hell, keep going." "Necessity is always the
justification that tyrants give." "Of liberty I would say
that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action
according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according
to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I
do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the
tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual." "Labor to keep
alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience." "Approximately
80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so
let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards
from man-made sources." "We can forgive the Arabs for
killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill
their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love
their children more than they hate us."
"The problem with socialism
is that you eventually run out of other people's money?" "Individual
rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote
away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely
to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest
minority on earth is the individual)."
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give to those who would not."
"An insatiable appetite for glory
leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation
and life."
"Oh Liberty, Liberty, your waters appease the thirst
of those who die of hunger. Don't see in death the end of your dreams and
ideals." "In
the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in
good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be
treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an
American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance
here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an
American at all. We have room for but one flag, the
American flag... We have room for
but one language here, and that is the
English language.. and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that
is a loyalty to the American people."
"It stands to reason that where there's sacrifice,
there's someone collecting sacrificial offerings. Where there's
service, there's someone being served. The man who speaks to you of
sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master."
"Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some
hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he has nearly
everything he needs to ruin
"We are, always, reminded
of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the
"Government's
view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves,
tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize
it."
"It is incumbent
on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if
acted on would save one-half the wars of the world." "What incredible arrogance to believe that we limited human beings can destroy that which we cannot even begin to understand -- much less create on our own -- and that is earth and all of its glories. Rush Limbaugh
"We are fast approaching the stage of
the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do
anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is
the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by
brute force."
“Understanding future warfare is the most important responsibility of those
who must defend a nation from future enemies!”
"I can hear you, the rest of the
world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will
hear all of us soon. "
"I believe there are more instances of the
abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent
encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."
"Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their
level and beat you with experience."
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be
refilled, public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the
assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt.
People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
"Freedom is never more than one
generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the
bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do
the same."
"Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself."
"If ye love wealth better than
liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of
freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch
down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon
you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
"There are two sides to every
issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always
evil."
"I contend
that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man
standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damages morale
and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, quickly
tried and hanged!!!"
"The logical end to
defensive
warfare is surrender."
"Mail your packages early so the
post office can lose them in time for Christmas."
"Germany will militarize herself out of existence,
England will expand herself out of existence, and America will spend herself
out of existence."
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live
at the expense of everybody else."
"The
American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of
"liberalism", they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until
one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it
happened." He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential
Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our
platform."
"You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy
"I don't
make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. "
"The personal right to acquire
property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a
right to protection, as a social right."
"If the freedom of speech is taken
away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
"No
arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the
will and moral courage of free men and women."
"Rebellion against tyrants is
obedience to God."
"Courage is fear holding on a
minute longer."
"Democracy
must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have
for dinner."
"We are a nation that has a government - not the other
way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth.
Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It
is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of
having grown beyond the consent of the governed."
"If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness."
"When people fear their
government, there is tyranny. When government fears the people, there
is liberty."
"Giving
money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys."
"Wise men don't need advice. Fools
won't take it."
"The trouble with our liberal
friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that
isn't so."
"The Russian Bolsheviks have
discovered that truth does not matter so long as there is reiteration. They
have no difficulty whatever in countering a fact by a lie which, if repeated
often enough and loudly enough, becomes accepted by the people."
"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his
fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money." "What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. "Abraham Lincoln
"A
government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of
Paul."
"Feed your soul with the
perfection of your life."
"I tell you it's no use arguing
with a communist. It's no good trying to convert a communist or persuade
him. You can only deal with him on the following basis...you can only do it
by having superior force on your side on the matter in question --and they
must also be convinced that you will use --- you will not hesitate to use --
those forces , if necessary, in the most ruthless manner. You have not only
to convince a communist government that you have a superior force -- that
they are confronted by superior force--but that you are not restrained by
any moral consideration, if the case arose , from using that force with
complete material ruthlessness. And that is the greatest chance of peace,
the surest road to peace."
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing
of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery." "In general, the art of government consists of taking
as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the
other." "Just because you do not take an interest in politics
doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!" "The only difference between a tax man and a
taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin." Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. James Madison "We the people are the rightful
masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution
but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." "The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects
of folly is to fill the world with fools." "What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians."
"There is not a
more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways
and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our
appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises. To say that
the United States should be answerable for twenty-five millions of dollars
without knowing whether the ways and means can be provided, and without
knowing whether those who are to succeed us will think with us on the
subject, would be rash and unjustifiable. Sir, in my opinion, it would be
hazarding the public faith in a manner contrary to every idea of prudence." Speech in Congress, 22 April 1790
"In great contests each party
claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must
be wrong."
"The time is near at hand which
must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
"Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows
nothing but victories."
"If you
think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when
it's free!"
"Take time for all things: great
haste makes great waste." "The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with
a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other." "The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. "Abraham Lincoln
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear
arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of
patriots and tyrants."
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which
he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
You cannot help the poor by destroying
the rich.
You cannot
strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the
wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build
character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what
they could and should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from
too much government."
Thomas Jefferson
"If
we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation
gone under."
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