Go to Manila. Go around them, go through them, but go to Manila. General Douglas MacArthur
To General Walter Krueger, Commander of the U.S. Sixth Army, World War II.
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. Humphrey Bogart
She’s so cheap that when you say a penny for your …
She’s so cheap that when you say a penny for your thoughts, she collects. Christian H F Riley
(This is a compliment)
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES – NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY …
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES – NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS. Unknown
It is agreed the end of all government is the good and …
It is agreed the end of all government is the good and ease of the people, in a secure enjoyment of their rights, without oppression; but it must be remembered, that the rich are people as well as the poor; that they have rights as well as others; that they have as clear and as sacred a right to their large property as others have to theirs which is smaller; that oppression to them is as possible and as wicked as to others. John Adams
American diplomat and 2nd President of the United States from 1797-1801 (1735-1826)
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent …
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. Ludwig von Mises
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‘The people’ protected by the Fourth Amendment, and by the First and Second Amendments, and to whom rights and powers are reserved in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, refers to a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community.
US v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 US 259 (1990)
These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have …
These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others. Groucho Marx
There’s a sucker born every minute. Phineas Taylor Barnum …
There’s a sucker born every minute.
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Mine will be the most ethical administration in the history of the …
Mine will be the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic. President-Elect Bill Clinton
President-Elect Bill Clinton, November 1992.