Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last –more than passion or even sex! Simone Signoret
Monthly Archives: January 2023
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. …
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as …
The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France
1844-1924
Sometimes, the most responsible thing a person can do on election day …
Sometimes, the most responsible thing a person can do on election day is stay at home … If you really don’t know enough to cast an intelligent vote, you should be eager to let your more informed neighbors make the decision. Greg Mankiw
October 2000,
The American people endorse this basic approach: They want to fix what’…
The American people endorse this basic approach: They want to fix what’s broken, but they don’t want to destroy the system and rebuild it in the image of the Post Office. That’s where they disagree with the Clinton Administration and its Congressional allies. That is the great lesson of the current health care debate. Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm, USA Today, May 18, 1994
Taxes are government sponsored theft. Unknown …
Taxes are government sponsored theft.
Unknown
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must …
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience? George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the …
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Constitution of the United States of America,
Amendment XIV (1878)
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[The president] believed that the government should not have the right to step in and bar employment opportunities for anyone. The moral issue was very clear in his mind. John Cogan
On President Reagan’s view of the minimum wage.
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that …
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security…. John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy, 6 June 1963, on board USS Kitty Hawk.