Category: Quote of the Day

“I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.” – Edgar Mitchell

“For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.” – Jonathan Swift

“Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” – Patrick Rothfuss, from his novel The Wise Man’s Fear.

“If you or I fail at business, we fail. If we cheat and fail, we go to jail. But if you’re rich and politically connected, your incompetence may be protected by a government bailout.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better …

“I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them …

“Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessesary necessities.” – Mark Twain

“Party is the madness of many, for the gain of a few.” – Alexander Pope, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1727

“The strongest continuous thread in America’s political tradition is skepticism about government.” – George Will

“The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.” – Col. Jeff Cooper

“Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.” – John Adams

“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” – Joshua 1:9 (KJV)

“Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the people we elect run the government. That isn’t how America functions today. Most legal edicts aren’t laws enacted by Congress but “rules and regulations” promulgated by unelected bureaucrats—tens of thousands of them each year. Most government enforcement decisions and discretionary expenditures aren’t made by the democratically elected president or even his political appointees but by millions of unelected, unappointed civil servants within government agencies who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections This is antidemocratic and antithetical to the Founders’ vision. It imposes massive direct and indirect …