Category Archives: Quotations Freedom

I object strongly to the artificial and mainly false dichotomy that some …

I object strongly to the artificial and mainly false dichotomy that some people in the political arean place between blue-collar and white-collar workers. There is no way to earn an honest living in this country except by providing a product or a service to the public and, generally speaking, the harder and smarter you work, the more money you make. It’s just that some people have greater abilities than others. Tom Clancy
Executive Orders, 1996

I must point out that my rule of life prescribes as an …

I must point out that my rule of life prescribes as an absolutely sacred right smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them. Winston Churchill
After being told by Ibn Saud that the king’s religious beliefs forbade the use of tobacco and liquor. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the …

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God. James Madison
architect of the U.S. Constitution.(1751-1836)