" When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. "
--Thomas Jefferson
" One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in the world are to be cured by legislation. "
-- Thomas B Reed
" Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. "
-- George Washington, 1793
" 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
--Thomas Paine
" Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace. "
--Thomas Jefferson -- And although;
" War is an ugly thing, [It is] not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. "
-- John Stuart Mill
" Liberalism is a Mental Disorder and a liberal one who, in a fight to the death, will not take his own side. " "
-- anon
" The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; ...that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. "
-- Thomas Jefferson
" A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, followed always by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. "
-- Alexander Fraser Tytler
" The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. "
-- Thomas Jefferson
" I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. "
-- Frank Lloyd Wright -- for;
" As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers. "
-- Thomas Jefferson -- because;
" Newspapers...serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke. "
--Thomas Jefferson
" Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! "
-- Patrick Henry
" One man with courage makes a majority.
-- Andrew Jackson
" A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. "
-- Lao Tzu
" If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. "
--John Stuart Mill |
