I supported the president when he asked the Congress for authority to stand up against weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Bill Clinton
May 18, 2003, Tougaloo College commencement
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay, pay, and you never get …
Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay, pay, and you never get anything back. Al Bundy
on ‘Married with Children,’ U.S. television show
I’ve often wondered how some people in positions of this kind … …
I’ve often wondered how some people in positions of this kind … manage without having any acting experience. Ronald Reagan
March 24, 1986, ABC-TV
I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. …
I own I am not a friend to a very energetic government. it is always oppressive. It places the governors indeed more at their ease, at the expense of the public. Thomas Jefferson
1787
The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and …
The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought. …If therefore a people will not be free; if they have not virtue enough to maintain their liberty against a presumptuous invader, they deserve no pity, and are to be treated with contempt and ignominy. Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) – American revolutionary
Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism …
Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound.
Commencement address, Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, May 9, 1992
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech …
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Ambrose Bierce
The Devil’s Dictionary
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it …
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money. Dwight D. Eisenhower
February 9, 1955 (34th President of the United States, 1890-1969)
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own …
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you. Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin …
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
Benjamin Disraeli