I look upon an increase of the power of the State with the greatest fear, because although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress. We know of so many cases where men have adopted trusteeship, but none where the State has really lived for the poor. Mahatma Ghandi
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in …
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
1821
The sleeping fox catches no poultry. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790…
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
We lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war — …
We lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war — the guerrilla wins if he does not lose, the conventional army loses if it does not win. Henry Kissenger
Foreign Affairs Magazine, 1968
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with …
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been more harmful and done more damage than the disease. George McGovern
We have only two sources of information about the character of the …
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first). Ayn Rand
(1905-1982)
In purely practical terms, it is obviously easier for action to be …
In purely practical terms, it is obviously easier for action to be taken by one House without submission to the President; but it is crystal clear from the records of the Convention, contemporaneous writings and debates, that the Framers ranked other values higher than efficiency.
INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919, 958-59 (1983)
We should go to Washington and stone Henry Hyde to death. . . And …
We should go to Washington and stone Henry Hyde to death. . . And then we should go to his house and kill his family. Alec Baldwin
[Caring, compassionate, and ultra-liberal] Alec Baldwin during a television talk show discussion of Mr. Clinton’s impeachment hearings. From “The Hypocritical Rocker Posse,” Insight Magazine, March 13, 2000, page 48.
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft …
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. William Shakespeare
M for M, Act i, Sc.5
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in …
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams