Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” – Barry Goldwater
“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.” – Barry Goldwater
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.” – Frederick Douglass
“The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.” – Thomas Sowell
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV)
“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” – Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV)
“Five-hundred channels and there ain’t much on tonight Except reality shows about some folk’s so-called lives A pretty girl cries ’cause she don’t get a rose But she’ll find love next year on her own show And they call that real Real is a hand you hold fifty-seven years Real is a band of gold tremblin’ with fear It’s the first long tear down an old man’s face, watchin’ his angel slippin’ away His heart’s so broke, it’s never gonna heal I call that real Where I live, housewives don’t act like that And the survivors are farmers in John …
“There cannot be a good tax nor a just one; every tax rests its case on compulsion.” – Frank Chodorov
“Here are my questions to you: Why do people and organizations cough up billions of dollars to line political coffers? One might answer that these groups and individuals are simply extraordinarily civic-minded Americans who have a deep and abiding interest in encouraging elected officials to live up to their oath of office to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution. Another possible answer is that the people who spend these billions of dollars on politicians just love participating in the political process. If you believe either of these explanations for coughing up billions for politicians, you’re probably a candidate for psychiatric …
“Without the right of secession, there is no freedom. Any entity that is part of a union but does not have the right to leave is not free.” – Bruce Willis
Dico Tibi Verum, Libertas Optima Rerum Nunquam Servili Sub Nexu Vivito, Fili. “I tell you the truth, my son, that the best of all things is freedom. Never live under the bondage of slavery.” – quote on William Wallace Memorial in Robroyston, Glasgow, Scotland
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13(KJV)
“For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do …
“I don’t ‘need’ to own the battle rifle of my choice any more than Rosa Parks ‘needed’ to have her choice of seating locations on the bus.” – James Wesley, Rawles
“…Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of? the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government…” – Declaration of Independence, 1776
“Why do you not lead me to Christ, who kindly invites all who are loaded down to come to him?” – Wessel Gansfort