Category: Quote of the Day

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.” – Robert Heinlein

“I preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and am ready to give a defense of my doctrine and faith to all men, and at any time it is demanded of me. And if there be any priest, monk, or any other, whosoever he be, who can prove to me that I have taught anything contrary to the Word of God, I ask not only that you drive me out as a menace to your city, but also that you punish me with such severity that no man dare preach who is not well addured of his doctrine.” – Pierre Viret

“The true danger is when Liberty is nibbled away, for expedients.” – Edmund Burke

“War is the most regrettable proving ground. Those who rush to launch it, and those who seek to create heroes from it, should remember its legacy. You have to be there to appreciate its horrors – and die to forget them.” – Vernon J. Baker, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor

“The common denominator in all government activity is the use of force: Government either forces you to do things, forces you not to do things, or forces you to pay for things.” – Doug Newman

“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.” – Romans 15:1 (KJV)

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.” – Psalm 119:105 & 106 (KJV)

“It took about 150 years, starting with a Bill of Rights that reserved to the states and the people all powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government, to produce a Supreme Court willing to rule that growing corn to feed to your own hogs is interstate commerce and can therefore be regulated by Congress.” – David Friedman

“Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” John Locke

“To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.” – Thomas Carlyle

“The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.” – H.L. Mencken

“There are two kinds of people in this world– those who get things done and those who take credit for getting things done. Belong to the first group; there is much less competition.” Francis S. “Frank” Currey, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor.

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.” – Phillipians 3:7 (KJV)

“Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.” – Isaiah 1:7 (KJV)

“And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.” – Lord Acton