Money is not the root of all evil, not understanding the meaning of money is. Christian H F Riley
Rights.com, December 30, 1995
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
I have never been so well pleased, as when I could shift …
I have never been so well pleased, as when I could shift power from my own, on the shoulders of others; nor have I ever been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Monsieur Destutt de Tracy, January 26, 1811, reprinted in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, XIII, ed. A. E. Bergh (1853) (1743-1826)
The most dangerous person on earth is the arrogant intellectual who lacks …
The most dangerous person on earth is the arrogant intellectual who lacks the humility necessary to see that society needs no masters and cannot be planned from the top down. Friedrich von Hayek
I am tired of this thing called science…. We have spent millions …
I am tired of this thing called science…. We have spent millions in that sort of thing for the last few years, and it is time it should be stopped. Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron, U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, demanding that funding end for the Smithsonian Institution, 1861
We are unanimous in the resolution, to die, or be free. Gentleman …
We are unanimous in the resolution, to die, or be free.
Gentleman of Rank
Speaking of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, written April 25, 1775, published Lloyd’s Evening post and British Chronicle, June 17-21, 1775.
Democracy is not a fragile flower; it still needs cultivating. Ronald Reagan …
Democracy is not a fragile flower; it still needs cultivating. Ronald Reagan
June 8, 1982 before the British Parliament
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in …
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected, in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
No man goes through life without working or causing someone else to …
No man goes through life without working or causing someone else to work all the harder to make up for his lack of it. Charles Hart
appeared in the March 1997 issue of CC Company Magazine
The Die was cast, the Rubicon crossed. John Adams On the significance …
The Die was cast, the Rubicon crossed.
John Adams
On the significance of the battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775
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Our overall gun crime rates pale in comparison to those of Latin America and the former Soviet Bloc, in spite of their much stricter gun laws. Reason
Aug/Sept 2007