We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States, 1961-1963 (1917-1963)
I think the Parliament of Great Britain hath no more right to …
I think the Parliament of Great Britain hath no more right to put their hands into my pocket, without my consent, than I have to put my hands into yours for money. George Washington
1774, 1732-1799.
This Administration’s objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy. Ronald …
This Administration’s objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy. Ronald Wilson Reagan
First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981) E
Why a museum of communism? Let us start counting the reasons, up …
Why a museum of communism? Let us start counting the reasons, up to 100 million and more. That’s how many people died at the hands of communist governments over the past eight decades, and the world must not forget them. … Most of those 100 million-plus victims were Chinese and Russian, and most died from famines engineered by Mao Zedong and Josef Stalin (it’s estimated that Mao’s famine of 1960-61 killed more than 50 million). IBD
Investor’s Business Daily, Monday June 16, 1997
Actually, it is foolish inconsistency that is the hobgoblin of little minds. …
Actually, it is foolish inconsistency that is the hobgoblin of little minds. Well considered consistency with all the evidence available is the hallmark of an ordered mind and ordered thought. Anyone who says otherwise is either too dumb to realize it or too dishonest to acknowledge it. Christian H F Riley
July 6, 1991
Waste not, want not, is a maxim I would teach. Let your …
Waste not, want not, is a maxim I would teach. Let your watchword be dispatch and practice what you preach. Do not let your chances like sunbeams pass you by, For you never miss the water till the well runs dry.[Then the next line of the article says:]’If bigger were better, New York City would have lower taxes than Pahokee, Fla.’ Rowland Howard
From 1940s newspaper clipping. Kept in C.H. Fletcher Riley’s wallet for years.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’…
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
We may stand for a moment in mediation on the courage and …
We may stand for a moment in mediation on the courage and sacrifice of those who now, on land, at sea and in the air, hold aloft the flag of the United States of America. New York Times
Dec 7, 1942
You’re saying that defense against unlawful use of lethal force makes …
You’re saying that defense against unlawful use of lethal force makes you dangerous, and therefore justifies the unlawful use of lethal force. That doesn’t make any sense. I can’t try to kill you in your home, get shot by you, then claim that my original murder attempt was justified by your defense against it. Christopher Morton
It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned …
It is not the return on my investment that I am concerned about; it is the return of my investment. Will Rogers