Politicians never accuse you of ‘greed’ for wanting other people’s money — only for wanting to keep your own money. Joseph Sobran
(1946- ) American writer and editor. Formerly senior editor at National Review.
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
A good lie will have traveled half way around the world while …
A good lie will have traveled half way around the world while the truth is putting on her boots. Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle, anywhere, …
The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle, anywhere, at any time, and with utter recklessness. Robert A. Heinlein
The Puppet Masters
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Ronald Reagan December 11, …
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Ronald Reagan
December 11, 1972
More than 200 years after the patriots fired that first shot heard Ã…
More than 200 years after the patriots fired that first shot heard Ãround the word, one revolutionary idea still burns in the hearts of men and women everywhere: A society where man is not beholden to government; government is beholden to man. Ronald Reagan
Mar 2, 1984
A portion of the American people are now so accustomed to a …
A portion of the American people are now so accustomed to a liberal democratic press that when they see an objective report they think it biased. Lord knows what they would think if they read the Federalist Papers or saw a report with a conservative bias. Christian H F Riley
November 1, 2000 on Rights.com
I actually kind of like Janet Reno. She seems like a nice …
I actually kind of like Janet Reno. She seems like a nice enough lady. But when you’re basically going through the entire phone book trying to find women lawyers who don’t have maids to pick the attorney general of the United States, how well can you do? Dave Barry
Dave Barry, Reason, Dec 1994
Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790…
Never confuse motion with action.
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to …
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from the road which Providence has pointed us to so plainly; I cannot believe it will ever come to pass. George Washington
(letter to Benjamin Lincoln, 29 June 1788)
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things …
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today. Laurence J. Peter