Since Congress may only investigate into those areas in which it may potentially legislate or appropriate, it cannot inquire into matters which are within the exclusive province of one or the other branches of government. United States Supreme Court
1959
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Everyone’s a capitalist until socialism can save them from bad economic …
Everyone’s a capitalist until socialism can save them from bad economic decisions. People bought homes they couldn’t afford with loans they should never have received. Bailing out irresponsible lenders and borrowers in order to keep housing prices artificially high will only reward fools and punish future homebuyers. Joe Doser
US News, April 7, 2008
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline …
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826)
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its …
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine
1737-1809.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Mao Tse-…
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Mao Tse-tung
Mao Tse-tung, Quotations from Chairman Mao (1968).
In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that …
In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. Ayn Rand
{WMail Issue #12}
Any power is hard to hold, and power misused recoils on the …
Any power is hard to hold, and power misused recoils on the user. Mary Stewart
Merlin. Merlin Trilogy, 1970, p 667
Uncommon valor was a common virtue. Admiral Nimitz Inscription on Iwo Jima …
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Admiral Nimitz
Inscription on Iwo Jima World War II Memorial, Arlington, (Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley, 2000) (Quoting Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 17 March 1945, CINCPAC Communique No. 300)
I like Bill Clinton. Do I think he’s a total idiot? …
I like Bill Clinton. Do I think he’s a total idiot? Yes.
Harold Ickes
Former Clinton White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Time Magazine, January 11, 1999.
Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the …
Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allow them to do. George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950