The American people endorse this basic approach: They want to fix what’s broken, but they don’t want to destroy the system and rebuild it in the image of the Post Office. That’s where they disagree with the Clinton Administration and its Congressional allies. That is the great lesson of the current health care debate. Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm, USA Today, May 18, 1994
Taxes are government sponsored theft. Unknown …
Taxes are government sponsored theft.
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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must …
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience? George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, 1856-1950
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)
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[The president] believed that the government should not have the right to step in and bar employment opportunities for anyone. The moral issue was very clear in his mind. John Cogan
On President Reagan’s view of the minimum wage.
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that …
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security…. John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy, 6 June 1963, on board USS Kitty Hawk.
If the representatives betray their constituents, there is no recourse but the …
If the representatives betray their constituents, there is no recourse but the right of self-defense. Alexander Hamilton
A committee may function very well indeed as a clearing house for …
A committee may function very well indeed as a clearing house for thoughts, but more commonly a committee or organization is just an elaborate means of fooling one’s self into believe that a spell spent in talking is the same as a spell spent in thinking. Harvey S. Firestone
Founder Firestone Tire and Rubber (1869-1938)
It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to …
It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Memorial Day 1884 address made by the Supreme Court Justice, who had fought in the Civil War. Echoed by President John F. Kennedy in his Inaugural Address in 1962
In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program …
In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands Diane Garnick
Regarding paying alimony to her ex-husband, Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008.