Category: Quote of the Day

"Inter arma enim silent leges." – Cicero (Usually translated: "In time of war the law falls silent".)

"The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden—that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time."  – C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” – Romans 1:16 (KJV)

“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their …

"The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought." – Samuel Adams

“The condition of our country today? It’s kind of like folks listening to the band playing while the Titanic is sinking, and them asking them to play a different tune.” – Hal Brilliant

"You never want a serious crisis go to waste." – White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (February 9, 2009)

"God prepares great men for great tasks by great trials." – J.K. Gressett

"Time is sole arbiter between Prescience and Paranoia." – Brian Wilson (talk radio show host and author)

“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” – Galatians 4:16 (KJV)

"Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." – Ecclesiastes 9:9 (KJV)

"A man that holds a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way." – Mark Twain

“The old order changeth, yielding place to new.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Morte d’Arthur

“Whether for good or bad, surveillance machines are going to get smarter. They’re already starting to recognise people’s faces in the street, and systems that spot abnormal behavior will not be far behind… Once connected to such intelligent systems, closed-circuit television (CCTV) will shift from being a mainly passive device for gathering evidence after a crime, to a tool for crime prevention…[The system works by detecting any behaviors that deviate from the ‘normal’ range of human behavior:] the computer recognises them as patterns. If anyone deviates from these patterns, the system sounds the alarm… it spots any abnormal behavior.” – …