If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Voltaire
(1694-1778)
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to …
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. Ron Paul
Congressman Ron Paul, 1987 (R-Texas)
Why is it that whenever a corporation fires workers it is never …
Why is it that whenever a corporation fires workers it is never speculated that the workers might have deserved it? Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh on down sizing
If socialism ever earns a final epitaph, it will be this: ‘Here …
If socialism ever earns a final epitaph, it will be this: ‘Here lies a contrivance engineered by know-it-alls and busybodies who broke eggs with abandon but never, ever created an omelet.’ Lawrence W. Reed
economist, in The Freeman
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: …
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. Sophocles
The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that …
The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children. WIlliam Havard
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as …
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. Thomas Jefferson
Life of Jefferson (Rayner), p. 356. (1743-1826)
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes …
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else… Having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in his novel, The Brothers Karamazov, 1879-1880
I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. …
I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. it is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the public. Thomas Jefferson
1787
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Unknown …
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
Unknown