Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
Monthly Archives: March 2025
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history…. […
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history…. [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people. Ronald Wilson Reagan
President, speech to Britain’s Parliament (1982) E
The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth …
The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth but we can pray they are safely home. George W. Bush
February 1, 2003
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and …
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Matthew 22:34-40
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[Selfless love] would have to mean that you derive no personal pleasure or happiness from the company and the existence of the person you love, and that you are motivated only by self-sacrificial pity for that person’s need of you. I don’t have to point out to you that no one would be flattered by, nor would accept, a concept of that kind. Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person. Ayn Rand
Playboy’s Interview with Ayn Rand, (1905-1982)
You know what a Clinton is? A Clinton is when…he says …
You know what a ‘Clinton’ is? A Clinton is when…he says one thing one day and another thing the next day. You try to have both sides of the issues. Dan Quayle
1992 Debate with Al Gore (U.S. News & World Report, September 18, 2000)
With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto …
With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn’t likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market for itself. Business Week
Business Week, 8/2/68
A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. A libertarian is …
A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. A libertarian is a conservative who has been audited. Unknown
With taxes that are too high it is morally acceptable to evade …
With taxes that are too high it is morally acceptable to evade them. We will announce a first cut of taxes in the 2005 budget and a second in 2006. Silvio Berlusconi
Italian Prime Minister, running for president of the European Commission. February 2004.
Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose …
Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself. Hopi