Category: Quote of the Day

“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

“If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.” – Jacob Hornberger

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” – James 1:5 (KJV)

“If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, …

“Freedom doesn’t come easy. It takes many good people to keep it alive and well.” – Paul J. Wiedorfer, U.S. Army, Medal of Honor

“Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure. “ – Robert LeFevre