In a town where ‘principles’ are no more than bargaining chips to raise the price at which the inevitable sellout takes place, it is tough to hold ‘unpopular’ positions. Ron Paul
M.D., Republican congressman from Texas
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
People never really changed, yet the world did, with disturbing regularity. Robert …
People never really changed, yet the world did, with disturbing regularity. Robert Jordan
Lews Therin, Crossroads of Twilight, Wheel of Time, p 538
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. Herbert …
Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. Herbert Hoover
Gun control? It’s the best thing you can do for crooks …
Gun control? It’s the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano
in Vanity Fair magazine. From ‘Spelling Lesson,’ and ‘The Right Answers,’ The New American, October 25, 1999, pages 11 and 41.
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Congress ha[s] no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American …. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state government, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. Tench Coxe
Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788
no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and … ]
Only those who add to my life, not those who devour it, …
Only those who add to my life, not those who devour it, are my market. Only those who produce, not those who consume, can ever be anybody’s market. I deal with the life-givers, not with the cannibals. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, 1905-1982
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty …
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. Samuel Adams
(1722-1803) – American revolutionary
Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking …
Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat. Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900) British playwright and novelist
We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot …
We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to attain excellence. To discover what a man truly craves but knows he cannot have we must find the field in which he advocates absolute equality. By this test Communists are frustrated Capitalists. Eric Hoffer
Philosopher 1902-1983
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. …
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government. Cal Thomas
nationally syndicated columnist.