They are a disaster. They ruined the poor. They created a culture of poverty and a culture of violence which is destructive of this civilization, and they have to be replaced thoroughly from the ground up. Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich, 1994 on the Great Society programs
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are …
The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them. Zachariah Johnson
3 Elliot, Debates at 646, June 25, 1788
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain …
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state …
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson
1816 (1743-1826). (Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the …
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation …. Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe, which are carried as far as the public resources will bear, the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. James Madison
The Federalist Papers No. 46 at 243-244.(1751-1836)
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and …
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist… Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged,(1905-1982)
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. Mark Twain Samuel …
When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)
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[The current Social Security system] redistributeds wealth in other ways: from black to white, from younger to older. Investor’s Business Daily
Investor’s Business Daily, December 1, 1998
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‘I found a little place in upstate New York called Love Canal. I had the first hearing on that issue and Toone, Tennessee. But that was the one that started it all.’ He did sponsor hearings on October 1978 – but that was two months after President Carter had already declared Love Canal a disaster area, and the federal government had offered to buy the homes. Al Gore
December 10, 1999 issue of the New York Times
That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not …
That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. Thomas Jefferson
On Congress, 1821 (1743-1826).(Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)