If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. Theodore …
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other …
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as …
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. James Fenimore Cooper
American Author (1789-1851)
Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will …
Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. F. A. Hayek
winner of Nobel Prize for Economics(1899-1992)
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[The current Social Security system] redistributeds wealth in other ways: from black to white, from younger to older. Investor’s Business Daily
Investor’s Business Daily, December 1, 1998
Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and …
Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone. Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970), English mathematician and philosopher
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever …
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881
Re Roe v Wade’s potential USSUP leak. Who can comment?
Do I have to self-identify as a woman before I can comment? Do I first have to self-identify as a biologist before I can know that I can self-identify as a woman?
I am curious though how Biden can say a “women’s right to choose is ‘fundamental’ when (a) he is not a biologist and (b) he has stated that Roe went to far.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours, …
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours, is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Theodore Roosevelt
1902 (26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)