There is a difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him. Benjamin Franklin
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Mr. Speaker, what, then, is the answer to the question: “‘Is America …
Mr. Speaker, what, then, is the answer to the question: “‘Is America a Police State?’ My answer is: ‘Maybe not yet, but it is fast approaching.’ The seeds have been sown and many of our basic protections against tyranny have been and are constantly being undermined. The post-9/11 atmosphere here in Congress has provided ample excuse to concentrate on safety at the expense of liberty, failing to recognize that we cannot have one without the other. Ron Paul
June 27, 2002 (Rep, R- Texas)
Life is measured in increments of time. The theft of one hour …
Life is measured in increments of time. The theft of one hour is an increment of the theft of a man’s life. The theft of one hour of a man’s work by the public (or the government through whatever bureaucratic maneuver) is tantamount to ripping away a piece of the man’s life. Rip away enough pieces, you rip away his life. Robert Murray
Decline and Fall of America
No one in this world, so far as I know has ever …
No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H.L. Mencken
(1880-1956)
The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from …
The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. Sir John Eric Ericksen
Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1837
I’ve never met a fourth-grader who didn’t have all …
I’ve never met a fourth-grader who didn’t have all the self-esteem I can handle. Can we teach how to have LESS self-esteem? Joe Bob Briggs’ mother
Teacher who taught 4th grade for more of her career (name unspecified), http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com, June 2003
Gun control advocates also include suicide in their Ãgun crimeà stats while …
Gun control advocates also include suicide in their Ãgun crimeà stats while bemoaning the U.S.Ãs Ãgun culture.à Yet Western EuropeÃs suicide rate is twice ours, and suicide is far more common than homicide on both sides of the Atlantic. So which side has a Ãcultural problemà in that regard. Reason
Aug/Sept 2007
As long as you’re in a threatening mood, you had better …
As long as you’re in a threatening mood, you had better climb up on your cornerstone and pray for my soul because I am going to foreclose. Hetty Howland Robinson Green
p 189, Hetty, Charles Slack, 2004. (1834-1916)
Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It …
Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. Noah Webster
Those who reap the blessings of liberty must, like men, undergo the …
Those who reap the blessings of liberty must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, 1777, 1737-1809.