Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." – Thomas Jefferson
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." – Thomas Jefferson
“Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth …
“And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.” – Psalm 78:35 (KJV)
“If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he is obligated to do so.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury, imprisonment, destruction. The businessman’s tool is values; the bureaucrat’s tool is fear.” – Ayn Rand
“It is only a short step from regulation to appropriation, whether by seizure via regulation or by mandating an investment in “safe” government obligations.” – Jeffrey Folks
"If you expect the government to solve your problems, you have a problem." – Robert Kiyosaki
"The Government works for me. I do not answer to them. They answer to me." – Glenn Beck
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” – Philippians 2:3 (KJV)
“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.” – Psalm 32:7 (KJV)
"An Avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he a establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." – Thomas Paine (1795)
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." – H.L. Mencken
"The obstacles to usurpation and the facilities of resistance increase with the increased extent of the state, provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them." – Alexander Hamilton
“When I was a boy aged 10, no older My father took enemy fire to the shoulder He lay in his tent for a week till he finally succumbed From that day forth I was a permanent soldier I’ve killed many men on the southern border We fight for the day California leaves us alone We’ve been taxed for no good reason and then we said, “No” and then they cried “treason!” We’re merely defending the life and the land that we love We learned our lesson from Captain Jack That once you kill you can’t go back And once …
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." – Bruce Lee