Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. Benjamin Franklin
Letter on the Stamp Act, July 1, 1765. 1706-1790
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a …
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p525, 2000
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. …
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. Thomas Jefferson
1826 (1743-1826).(Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)
When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was quiet because I had …
When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was quiet because I had nothing to hide.When they took the Sixth Amendment, I was quiet because I had never been arrested.When they took the Second Amendment, I was quiet because I didn’t like guns.Now they have taken the First Amendment, and I can only be quiet. Author unknown
2003
There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of …
There’s no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom. Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 (1909-1998)
Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to practical use. …
Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to practical use. Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with the facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our mind. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881
In California, the fabulously rich support the poor with government jobs, paid …
In California, the fabulously rich support the poor with government jobs, paidfor by the middle class – which is now living in Arizona. Ann Coulter
August 21, 2003, www.townhall.org
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again. Robert Heinlein …
Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
Robert Heinlein
Time Enough for Love
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject …
It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. Louis J. Halle
author, 1910-
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust …
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them William Shakespeare
Twelfth N, Act ii, Sc.5