At a time when our lordly Masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprecation of American freedom…[it is necessary to] maintain the liberty which we have derived from our ancestors. That no man should scruple, or hesitate a moment to use arms in defense of so valuable a blessing…is clearly my opinion. George Washington
In the late 1760s.
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The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth …
The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees thegrowth of the beast. … Politicians see government as a solution but thepeople see government as part of the problem. Beastly bureaucracy is born out of good intentions married to poor solutions. Only when politiciansrealize what constituents already know will the true problem even be addressed much less solved. More government always translates into less freedom. R. Lee Wrights
May 18, 2003
Conservative in fundamental principles…but the principles conserved are liberal, and some, …
Conservative in fundamental principles…but the principles conserved are liberal, and some, indeed, are radical. Gunner Myrdal
On the views of the American creed. [Liberal in the original sense]
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move …
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works. Ulysses S. Grant
To Gen. S. B. Buckner, Fort Donelson, Feb. 16, 1862. 1822-1885
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists …
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
There’s no excuse for a grown man to have an affair …
There’s no excuse for a grown man to have an affair with an intern, whether his name is Bill Clinton or Jack Kennedy. What the former president did was wrong. Susan Estrich
May 14, 2003
The death of democracy is not likely to be assassination from ambush. …
The death of democracy is not likely to be assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. Robert M. Hutchins
Great Books (1954)
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into …
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
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)