No man is free who is not a master of himself.
Epictetus
Monthly Archives: June 2023
A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. …
A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Juvenal
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to …
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations — UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 29(3).
UN’s idea of ‘inalienable rights’
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. …
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry B. Adams
After the Great Society of the 60s opened the federal financial flood-…
After the Great Society of the 60s opened the federal financial flood-gates, spending for education tripled between 1964 and 1976 – the very same period that saw the sharpest losses in student productivity and achievement. Spending per student rose from $3165 in 1982 to $3977 in 1987, a 26% increase during a time of [relatively] low inflation. In 1989, national per pupil expenditures came to $4800… higher than any country in the world with the possible exception of Switzerland. And still we are failing to prepare students to be productive members of our community. Charles Colson & Jack Eckerd
_Why America Doesn’t Work_
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‘The family gun is more likely to kill you or someone you know than to kill in self-defense. ‘ The 1993 study yielding such numbers, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, never actually inquired as to whose gun was used in the killing. Instead, if a household owned a gun and if a person in that household or someone he knew was shot to death while in the home, the gun in the household was blamed. In fact, virtually all the killings in the study were committed with guns brought in by an intruder. No more than 4% of the gun deaths in the study can be attributed to the homeowner’s gun. Also ignored is that 98% of the time when people use a gun defensively, merely brandishing the weapon is sufficient to stop an attack.
Wall Street Journal, November 11, 1998
There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States which authorizes …
There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States which authorizes Congress to regulate what is said by whom, or under what conditions, in a political campaign. On the contrary, the Constitution says plainly, ‘Congress shall make no law’– no law! –‘abridging the freedom of speech.’ Thomas Sowell
December 16, 2003
There is no such thing as part-Cherokee. Either you’re Cherokee …
There is no such thing as ‘part-Cherokee.’ Either you’re Cherokee or you’re not. It isn’t the quantity of Cherokee blood in your veins that is important, but the quality ofit . . . your pride in it. I have seen full-bloods who have virtually no idea of the great legacy entrusted to their care. Yet, I have seen people with as little as 1/500th blood quantum who inspire the spirits of their ancestors because they make being Cherokee a proud part of a their everyday life. Jim Pell
Principal Chief of the North Alabama Cherokee Tribe
Who’s the more foolish: the fool or the fool who follows …
Who’s the more foolish: the fool or the fool who follows him. Obiwan Kenobi
As President Reagan said, we are more concerned with your destination than …
As President Reagan said, we are more concerned with your destination than your origin. But the Democrats want to force individuals into groups, establish quotas, and limit your future based on your genetic past. Newt Gingrich
Georgia Representative Newt Gingrich, Republican National Convention, 1992