Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.” – Plato
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.” – Plato
“[W]hen you recall that one of the first moves by Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler was to outlaw individual ownership of gold, you begin to sense that there may be some connection between money, redeemable in gold, and the rare prize known as human liberty.” – Howard Buffett (1903 – 1964), Congressman from Nebraska, father of investor Warren Buffett, writing in The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, May 6, 1948
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (KJV)
“Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.” Exodus 40:16 (KJV)
“I will not knowingly initiate force. I am a self owner. Let the record show that I did not consent to be governed. I did not consent to any constitution. I did not consent to any president. I did not consent to any law. I did not consent to the police. Nor any tax. Nor any prohibition of anything. Nor any regulation or licensing of any kind.” – MamaLiberty, Editrix of The Price Of Liberty blog.
“In a free society, crimes would be limited to aggression against persons and property, including fraud. So-called “victimless crime” laws are incompatible with liberty.” Ron Paul
“A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.” – Isabel Paterson
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.” – Thomas Paine
“A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.” – Camille Paglia
“But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 8:12 (KJV)
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.” – Exodus 34:1 (KJV)
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” – George Orwell
“When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry.” – P.J. O’Rourke
“The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults.” – Robert Nozick
“The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.” – Albert Jay Nock