Category: Quote of the Day

"We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest." – President John Adams

"If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law." – Winston Churchill

"Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way." – Henry David Thoreau

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” – Colossians 2:6-9 (KJV)

“[[A Psalm of David.]] I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me. A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person]. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a …

"Can our form of government, our system of justice, survive if one can be denied a freedom because he might abuse it?" – Former NRA President Harlon Carter

"Individuality, liberty, and property– this is man, and in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation and are superior to it." – Frederic Bastiat

“The federal government was not intended to be a charity, nor an insurance or retirement agency, nor doctor, pharmacist or health advisor, champion of the poor or rich, changer of foreign regimes, protector of the planet, educator, space explorer, diet and nutrition czar, arbiter of interest rates or prices or wages, nor trafficker in currency unsecured by gold or silver. As legally constituted it may neither promote nor restrict transfats, sugar, tobacco, alcohol, coal, gasoline, drugs, salt or food of any kind; nor may it enact legislation favoring or victimizing or exempting any gender, race or ethnicity. In short, those …

"We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come." – Samuel Adams – July 2, 1776

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it." – Justice Learned Hand

“And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye] poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did …

"A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." – James Madison (Constitutional Convention, June 29, 1787)

“A vote is like a rifle; it’s usefulness depends on the character of the user.” – Theodore Roosevelt

"The fate of the nation and the fate of the currency are one and the same." – Dr. Franz Pick