Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.” – Milton Friedman
“A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.” – Milton Friedman
“There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation.” – James Madison
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King
“Neoconservatives tend to want more efficient government agencies; paleoconservatives want fewer government agencies.” – Thomas E. Woods
“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.” – Voltaire
He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” – John 1:23 (KJV)
“I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?” – Isaiah 51:12-13 (KJV)
“I shall exert every faculty I possess in aiding to prevent the Constitution from being nullified, destroyed, or impaired; and even though I should see it fail, I will still, with a voice feeble, perhaps, but earnest as ever issued from human lips, and with extinguish, call on the people to come to its rescue.” – Daniel Webster
The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians – George Orwell
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The whole principle [of censorship] is wrong. It’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t have steak.” – Robert Heinlein
“Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery.” – Frank Chodorov
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” 1 John 4:4 (KJV)
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” – Isaiah 54:17 (KJV)
“One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.” – Mahatma Gandhi