Quotes I like
doug@chevyblazer.net
"When government's boot is on your throat, whether
it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence."
Gary Lloyd
"To
expect bad people not to do wrong is madness, for he who expects this
desires an impossibility. But to allow people to behave so to others,
and to expect them not to do you any wrong, is irrational and
tyrannical"
Marcus Aurelius
From time to time the
tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Molon Labe!
"Against stupidity..
the gods themselves.. contend in vain"
Isaac Asimov
Well calling it
your job ol' hoss sure don't make it right...
John Cougar Mellencamp - Rain On The Scarecrow
Corruption is no
stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.
Walter Goodman
"If your attack is going
too well, you're probably walking into an
ambush." - Infantry Journal
"Tho we prefer peace,
we are prepared for war
and will make no concessions of any sort to avoid it."
-James Madison-
If I am inclined
to doubt, steady my faith; if I am tempted, make me strong to resist; if
I should miss the mark, give me courage to try again.
"Life is not a
journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly
used up, totally wore out, and loudly proclaiming--WOW--What a ride!"
The speculative line
of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and
resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.
--Burke.
T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L.!
"We must, indeed, all
hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
Ben Franklin
"The
beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they
try to take it."
"Guard with jealous
attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that
jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force.
Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."
Patrick Henry
Those who sacrifice essential
liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or
safety. -
Ben Franklin
"People sleep peacefully in their beds at night
only because rough men
stand ready to do violence on
their behalf."
George Orwell
"The name of peace is
sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great
difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity,
servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but
even by death."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young
men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return."
C. Powell
"Our soldiers did not
go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our
constitution so that decades later you can tell me its a living
document, ever changing, and open to interpretation......I believe a
self righteous liberal democrat with a cause is more dangerous than a
Hell's Angel with an attitude!!"
**Ted Nugent**
Four boxes guarantee
our freedom: They are the Soap Box; the Ballot Box; the Jury Box; and
the Cartridge Box.
Unknown
"I am thus far a
Quaker, that I would gladly argue with all the world to lay aside the
use of arms and settle matters by negotiation, but unless the whole
will, the matter ends, and I take up my musket and thank Heaven He has
put it in my power."
-Writings of Thomas Paine 56 (M. Conway ed. 1894)
"I am concerned for
the security of our great nation, not so much because of any threat from
without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
--General Douglas MacArthur
"Our freedom is not
being destroyed by terrorists, but by ignorance, apathy and complacency.
Our government schools are to blame. ... Our dumbing down is not
accidental but a very well organized plan."
--Kelly McGinley
"We did have a
completely different class of people in 1776. When this country was
formed you couldn't find 10 people on the continent who thought that it
was the responsibility of the federal government to provide them with a
job or health care. Know this...transport today's average American back
to 1776 and the Revolutionary War would never have happened."
--Neal Boortz
"Democracy is two
wolves and a lamb discussing what's for dinner.
Liberty is a well armed lamb willing to contest the majority decision"
Benjamin Franklin 1755
"If there be trouble,
let it be in my day that my children may know peace"
Patrick Henry
Every normal man must be
tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin
to slit throats.
– H.L. Mencken It
is certain that the two World Wars in which I have participated would
not have occurred had we been prepared. It is my belief that adequate
preparation on our part would have prevented or materially shortened all
our other wars beginning with that of 1812. Yet, after each of our wars,
there has always been a great hue and cry to the effect that there will
be no more wars, that disarmament is the sure road to health, happiness,
and peace; and that by removing the fire department, we will remove
fires. These ideas spring from wishful thinking and from the erroneous
belief that wars result from logical processes. There is no logic in
wars. They are produced by madmen. No man can say when future madmen
will reappear. I do not say that there will be no more wars; I devoutly
hope that there will not, but I do say that the chances of avoiding
future wars will be greatly enhanced if we are ready.
– George S. Patton
Our task of creating a
socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have
been totally disarmed. – Sarah Brady
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we
shall become as corrupt as Europe.
Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it
goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the
world.
Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep
and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against
tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of
ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
In light of the present financial crisis, it's interesting to read
what Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our
liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow
private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by
inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow
up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their
children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
Thomas Jefferson
"The United States effectively has a one-party system, the
business party, with two factions, Republicans and Democrats."
Noam Chomsky
"If they come for the innocent without stepping over your body,
cursed be your religion and your life." - Dorothy Day
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he
who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through
the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the
finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great
vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my
brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon
you."
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe,
we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
--Thomas Jefferson
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who
are willing to work and give to those who would not.
--Thomas Jefferson
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.
A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
--Thomas Jefferson
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them.
--Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results
from too much government.
--Thomas Jefferson
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.
--Thomas Jefferson
The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed
until they try to take it.
--Thomas Jefferson
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and
bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government.
--Thomas Jefferson
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the
blood of patriots and tyrants.
--Thomas Jefferson
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas
which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and
tyrannical.
--Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our
liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow
private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by
inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow
up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their
children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered..
--Thomas Jefferson
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