A native of America who cannot read or write is as rare as…a comet or an earth quake. John Adams
in 1765, American diplomat and 2nd President of the United States from 1797-1801 (1735-1826)
A modest man, who has much to be modest about. Winston Churchill …
A modest man, who has much to be modest about.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965 On Clement Atlee
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[S]neak it in through the stealth of the night, get it through when people aren’t looking. Jim Jeffords
U.S. Senator, on the ‘Northeast Dairy Compact’. April 2001, to AP, also reported June 20, 2001 Wall Street Journal.
Envy so often motivates the Left in its quest for redistribution. The …
Envy so often motivates the Left in its quest for redistribution. The economy is not a zero-sum game, and the wealth of a Bill Gates or a Michael Jordan does not take anything away from me. Indeed, the wealth of others enhances my life. Without the generosity of the rich, directly or through the foundations they have established, many of us who prefer life on a university faculty or at a think tank would have had quite different and less satisfying careers. Robert H. Bork
National Review, January 23, 1995
Even if animal tests produced a cure (for AIDS), we’d be …
Even if animal tests produced a cure (for AIDS), we’d be against it. Ingrid Newkirk
PETA
There is no authority except facts. Facts are obtained by accurate observation. …
There is no authority except facts. Facts are obtained by accurate observation. Deductions are to be made only from facts. William Boeing
Aviation pioneer, on a plaque outside his office, 1881-1956
In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist …
In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes …
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted — and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on the guilt. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, 1905-1982 [On why one needs objective laws]
To rely on the Congressional Budget Office for your understanding of the …
To rely on the Congressional Budget Office for your understanding of the Eighties is like relying on the Flintstones for your understanding of the Stone Age. Rep. Dick Armey
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the …
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. Lord Acton
British historian and politician (1834-1902)