Category: Quote of the Day

"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

“I’ve previously pointed out that there is no longer ‘law’ as such, in the United States any more. Everything about the ‘nation’, which is no longer, properly speaking, even a nation anymore, is fraudulent, from its ‘money’ to its system of ‘justice’. Even something as simple and basic as openly fighting a ‘war’ is now beyond its bloated, cancerous make-believe structure. I wouldn’t call the present system a dictatorship myself. Dictatorships are more open and direct. It is better described as a simulatorship, which is to say, rule by pretense. It is reminiscent of the latter days of the Soviet …

“And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon …

“And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, And said, O LORD God of our fathers, [art] not thou God in heaven? and rulest [not] thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand [is there not] power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of …

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." – Thomas Jefferson

“The price of gold is headed for extinction. I for one don’t believe that the price of gold is headed for five digits. Long before that might happen, permanent backwardation would shut down the gold futures markets. Gold could no longer be purchased at any price. Gold would only be available through barter. World trade is facing an avalanche-like transformation flattening out monetary economy into barter economy. Practically all economists, financial writers and market analysts have missed this possible scenario. They don’t see the greatest economic contraction ever staring them in the face. They don’t see the coming tsunami of …

“Above all, stay alive.  You have no idea how important you are.  This is John Connor.  If you are listening to this, you are the resistance.” – Christian Bale as John Connor, in the movie Terminator: Salvation (Screenplay by John Brancato, Michael Ferris, Paul Haggis, Shawn Ryan, and Jonathan Nolan.)

“You may hand us over to the executioner, but in three months’ time our disgusted and harried people will bring you to book and drag you alive through the dirt in the streets!” – Field Marshal Erwin von Witzleben (One of the Valkyrie bomb plot leaders), August 7, 1944

"The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope." – General Robert E. Lee

“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; …

“Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun. For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth …

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." – James Bovard (1994)

"The true danger is when Liberty is nibbled away, for expedients." – Edmund Burke (1899)

“The people of Kansas have clearly expressed their sovereign will. It is my hope that upon further review, you will see their right to do so.” – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, it a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

Harry: I’m sorry doctor, I can’t pay you, I haven’t got any money. Dr. Strong: Money is one of the first symbols that disappeared.                    Tell you what I could use though…                    Some ammunition if you can spare it, I have a .45 too you know… Harry: I only have a few, I can let you have four. Dr. Strong: Don’t short yourself now. Harry: That’s alright, The war’s over – we won. Dr. Strong: Well, ding, ding for us! – Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and Dr. Powell Strong (Willis Bouchey) bartering for medical services rendered in the movie, …