There are two ways of making a Cabinet. One way is to have in it people representing the different points of view within the party, within the broad philosophy. The other way is to have in it only the people who want to go in the direction which every instinct tells me we have to go: clearly, steadily, firmly, with resolution. As Prime Minister, I could not waste my time having internal arguments. Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher, 1979
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion …
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. . . . Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. Gloria …
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
Gloria Steinem
There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberties, only a long …
There is no ‘slippery slope’ toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan Simpson
The New York Times, September 26, 1982
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of …
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last –more than passion or even sex! Simone Signoret
Recognize that you don’t live in a vacuum. Every time you …
Recognize that you don’t live in a vacuum. Every time you break a rule, it hurts someone else. If you can’t figure out how, sit there until you can. Albert J. Bernstein, PhD
Emotional Vampires
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the …
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Constitution of the United States of America,
Amendment XIV (1878)
Every dollar spent by government is a dollar earned by individuals. Government …
Every dollar spent by government is a dollar earned by individuals. Government must always ask: Are your dollars being wisely spent? Can we afford it? Is it not better for the country to leave your dollars in your pocket? Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, Feb 7, 1977
The government was never supposed to grow so large that it could …
The government was never supposed to grow so large that it could trample on the liberties of American citizens. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution states clearly and unambiguously: ‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution…are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’ In other words, if the Constitution doesn’t specifically permit the federal government to do something, then it doesn’t have the right to do it. Stephen Moore
Between Power and Liberty, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, March, 1997
No man who is not willing to bear arms and fight for …
No man who is not willing to bear arms and fight for his rights … should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community. Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)