Any attempt to preserve the Union between the States of this Confederacy by force would be impractical, and destructive of republican liberty. Rep. Jacob M. Kunkel
Maryland.
It doesn’t much signify whom one marries, for one is sure …
It doesn’t much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to find out next morning it was someone else. Will Rogers
Love is giving someone the power to destroy you, but trusting them …
Love is giving someone the power to destroy you, but trusting them not to. Unknown
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave …
It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation. Simon Bolivar
The difference between Religion and Government is that the politicians have dropped …
The difference between Religion and Government is that the politicians have dropped the fable that they rule by divine right. Robert Murray
(1934-)From the book “Decline and Fall of America.
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge’s instruction…if exercising their …
Jurors should acquit, even against the judge’s instruction…if exercising their judgement with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong. Alexander Hamilton
1804
My friend has said to me that I am a poor hand …
My friend has said to me that I am a poor hand to quote Scripture. I will try it again, however. It is said in one of the admonitions of the Lord, ‘As your Father in heaven is perfect, be ye also perfect.’ The Savior, I suppose, did not expect any human creature could be perfect as the Father in heaven; but He said, ‘As your Father in heaven is perfect, be ye also perfect.’ He set that up as a standard, and he who did most towards reaching that standard, attained the highest degree of moral perfection. Abraham Lincoln
Speech July 10, 1858 in Chicago on the Declaration of Independence and its celebration. (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much …
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no …
The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. Alan Greenspan
If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation … …
If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation … to a continuance in the union … I have no hesitation in saying, OLet us separate.’ Thomas Jefferson
Fifteen years after First Inaugural Address, after the New England Federalists attempted to secede