It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out where the strong man stumbled, or where a doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, and who comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause. The man who at best knows the triumph of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who never knew victory or defeat. Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, …
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. Thomas Paine
1737-1809.
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police …
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an ‘equalizer.’ Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed – but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny… If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government à and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. Edward Abbey
The Right to Arms, 1979
Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt …
Ever since I arrived to a state of manhood, I have felt a sincere passion for liberty. Ethan Allan
As shameful as Watergate is, the case has a hopeful or reassuring …
As shameful as Watergate is, the case has a hopeful or reassuring aspect: nothing is being swept under the rug. Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel editorial, 1/13/73
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks …
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. William S. Burroughs
I object strongly to the artificial and mainly false dichotomy that some …
I object strongly to the artificial and mainly false dichotomy that some people in the political arean place between blue-collar and white-collar workers. There is no way to earn an honest living in this country except by providing a product or a service to the public and, generally speaking, the harder and smarter you work, the more money you make. It’s just that some people have greater abilities than others. Tom Clancy
Executive Orders, 1996
Isn’t it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune …
Isn’t it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune tellers take economists seriously. Cincinnati Enquirer
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much …
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. Thomas Jefferson
1785, Investor’s Business Daily, September 15, 1998
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty. Thomas Jefferson Summary …
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
Summary View of the Rights of British America., Thomas Jefferson, 1774. (1743-1826).