I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it’s a limit that’s very seldom mentioned. It’s the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don’t think there are any other conditions to free speech. I’ve got a right to say and believe anything I please, but I haven’t got a right to press it on anybody else. …. Nobody’s got a right to be a nuisance to his neighbors. H.L. Mencken
(1880-1956)
Monthly Archives: January 2023
When Presidents begin to worry about images … they become like athletes, the …
When Presidents begin to worry about images … they become like athletes, the football teams and the rest, who become so concerned about what is written about them and what is said about them that they don’t play the game well … The President, with the enormous responsibilities he has, must be constantly preening in front of a mirror. I don’t worry about polls, I don’t worry about images. I never have. Richard M. Nixon
1971
These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have …
These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others. Groucho Marx
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, …
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it. P. J. O’Rourke
(1947- 2022)
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and …
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Unknown
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning …
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) – American revolutionary
You are about to begin a momentous task: the liberation of Iraq….
You are about to begin a momentous task: the liberation of Iraq.You have worked very hard preparing for this moment. You are ready. For some of you, this is a culmination of years, decades perhaps, of training. For others, this is your first exposure to the frightening reality of armed conflict. n any case, you will be called upon for sacrifice, for strenuous labor, for gut-wrenching, split-second decisions. You will make the right call. You will find a reservoir of strength and wisdom. I know you will because you have been schooled in the traditions of our glorious service, our United States Navy. … It is time for us to go to work. Do so aggressively, intelligently, with audacity and courage. Go fully confident in the knowledge that you have earned the support of your countrymen and of millions of freedom-loving people around the world. Admiral Timothy Keating
March 19, 2003
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Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if …
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets. Kurt L. Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke, Baltimore Mayor