Category: Quote of the Day

"A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or perhaps both." – James Madison (from a letter written to W.T. Barry, August. 4, 1822)

“Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. For even when we were …

“And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” – Joel 2:28 (KJV)

"The Bank collects all taxes, fines, loans and interest, and the price of all properties which it sells and auctions. The Bank never goes broke. If the Bank runs out of money, the Banker may issue as much as needed by writing on any ordinary paper." – From the rules to the board game Monopoly.

"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." – James Madison ("Political Observations," April 20, 1795)

"The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice." – Henry Hazlitt

"Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." – James Madison (Letter to Thomas Jefferson, May 13, 1798)

“If I were to sum up what I’ve learned in 35 years of service, it’s improvise, improvise, improvise.” – General James Mattis

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For …

“Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, [even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. They shall fall in the midst of [them that are] slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are …

“The American people expect the Internal Revenue Service to violate them fairly and impartially, that one taxpayer not be garroted while another is but lightly strangled, that ‘service’ be understood in the veterinary sense rather than the mortician’s. The compact has been breeched. The nation pauses.” – Ol’ Remus, The Woodpile Report

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." – H.L. Mencken

“But when oppression would lift its head or a tyrant would be lord, though we thank him for the plow, we shall not forget the sword!” – Charles Mackay (excerpt from the poem Tubal-Cain, about the world’s first blacksmith)

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good… …is not a sufficient warrant." – John Stuart Mill