Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. . . . Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington
Monthly Archives: December 2021
There are two ways of making a Cabinet. One way is to …
There are two ways of making a Cabinet. One way is to have in it people representing the different points of view within the party, within the broad philosophy. The other way is to have in it only the people who want to go in the direction which every instinct tells me we have to go: clearly, steadily, firmly, with resolution. As Prime Minister, I could not waste my time having internal arguments. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher, 1979
Marriage is a lottery, but you can’t tear up your ticket …
Marriage is a lottery, but you can’t tear up your ticket if you lose. F. M. Knowles
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…there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights or property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. James Madison
On pure democracy, and why a constitution enumerating the powers of a government is required. (1751-1836)
The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. Joseph Sobran (…
The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. Joseph Sobran
(1946- ) American writer and editor. Formerly senior editor at National Review.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’…
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them. George Bernard Shaw
The government is good at one thing…it knows how to break …
The government is good at one thing…it knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say ‘see if it weren’t for the government you wouldn’t be able to walk.’ Harry Browne
(1996 & 2000 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate)
We do not accept the existence of permanent tyranny because we do …
We do not accept the existence of permanent tyranny because we do not accept the possibility of permanent slavery. George W. Bush
January 20, 2005
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, …
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)
Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and …
Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poet and writer