Hugh’s Quote of the Day:
“Return to patriotism, love of God and country – let your conscience mold your actions. There are no atheists in a firefight!” Hector A. Cafferata, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor
“Return to patriotism, love of God and country – let your conscience mold your actions. There are no atheists in a firefight!” Hector A. Cafferata, Jr. U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor
“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” – Ernest Hemingway, in The Sun Also Rises
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5 (KJV)
“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.” – Psalm 89:1 (KJV)
“In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“It is not a matter of predicting the future, but of being prepared for it.” – Pericles (495 BC – 429 BC) Greek statesman, orator and general
“I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.” – John Wycliffe, statement to the Duke of Lancaster (1381), as quoted in Champions of the Right (1885) by Edward Gilliat, p. 135
“Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Or as Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek said, ‘In government, the scum rises to the top’.” – Walter E. Williams
“Don’t hesitate to serve your country; your freedom depends on it.” – Russel E. Dunham, U.S. Army Medal of Honor
“[He] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should …
“Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.” Psalm 40:4 (KJV)
“The public wonders ‘Why are you giving all this money to the people who caused this crisis and taking the money from the public assets of the victims?’” – William Greider
“When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.” – George Mason
“As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office wherein it has pleased God to place me [head of the Reformed church in Scotland], I am a watchman…For that reason I am bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.” John Knox, As quoted in World Studies for Christian Schools (2000) by Terri Koontz, Mark Sidwell & S. M. Bunker, ISBN 1-59166-431-4
“Today, we need to borrow a slogan from a past era and update it to fit our modern struggle: The government has no business in the kitchens (and snack bars) of the nation.” – Wendy McElroy