So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Monthly Archives: December 2023
He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of …
He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. Daniel Webster
Speech on Hamilton, March 10, 1831. P. 200. 1782-1852
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human …
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. John Adams
1798, American diplomat and 2nd President of the United States from 1797-1801 (1735-1826)
Judge, and be prepared to be judged. Ayn Rand VOS, (1905-1982)…
Judge, and be prepared to be judged.
Ayn Rand
VOS, (1905-1982)
With respect to the two words general welfare, I have always regarded …
With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. If the words obtained so readily a place in the ‘Articles of Confederation,’ and received so little notice in their admission into the present Constitution, and retained for so long a time a silent place in both, the fairest explanation is, that the words, in the alternative of meaning nothing or meaning everything, had the former meaning taken for granted. James Madison
in a letter to James Robertson(1751-1836)
Talk about an incentive for illegal immigration. How many more would break …
Talk about an incentive for illegal immigration. How many more would break the law to come to this country if promised U.S. government paychecks for life? Ron Paul
GOP Rep. Ron Paul of Texas on a proposal to allow illegal immigrants to collect social security. Arizona Republic, December 10, 2003
Remember that it is far better to follow well than to lead …
Remember that it is far better to follow well than to lead indifferently. John G. Vance
Around midnight, after a three-city tour of Texas last month, the …
Around midnight, after a three-city tour of Texas last month, the Vice President came wandering back to the press compartment of Air Force Two. Sliding in behind a table with the two reporters covering him that day, he picked slices of fruit from their plates and spent two hours swapping opinions about movies and telling stories about old chums like Erich Segal, who, Gore said, used Al and Tipper as models for the uptight preppy and his free-spirited girlfriend in Love Story; and Gore’s Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones, who played the roommate of the Gore-like character in the movieversion of Segal’s book. ‘Vice President Al Gore acknowledged Sunday a ‘miscommunication’ on his part in leading reporters to believe he and his wife were the model for the 1970s romance novel ‘Love Story.’ ‘The author, Erich Segal, told The New York Times he was ‘befuddled’ by the comments in the first place. He said he called Gore, and the vice president said it was a misunderstanding.’ Al Gore
Time, 12/15/97 and The Des Moines Register, 12/15/97
There’s no greater social program than a job, an opportunity. Dan …
There’s no greater social program than a job, an opportunity. Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle, David Frost Show, September 24, 1992
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding …
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. Oscar Wilde
(1854 – 1900)