Category: Quote of the Day

“If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him. If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or …

“They asked why we needed 30 round magazines. I thought about and considered the possibility that they may be right, so I ordered some 40 round magazines. Just doing my part.” – From a comment to an article about potential gun confiscations, published by Guns.com

“Was mich nicht umbringt macht mich stärker.” (Most commonly translated: “That which does not kill me makes me stronger.”) – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Even though he was an atheist and nihilist, he got a few things right.)

“Ninety-seven percent of Americans don’t live in New York City, don’t want to live in New York City and certainly don’t want a New York City mayor telling them how to live their lives. There is a resentment level to that.” – Erich Pratt, Director of Communications for Gun Owners of America

"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them." – P. J. O’Rourke

"We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk." – Fenwick (1983)

“And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any [man] deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and shall deceive many. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for [such things] must needs be; but the end [shall] not [be] yet. …

“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.” – Psalm 92:12-15 (KJV)

"Government at its best is a necessary evil, and at its worst, an intolerant one." – Thomas Paine

"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. " – Calvin Coolidge

"I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men’s rights." – Abraham Lincoln

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? – SurvivalBlog Reader L.R.S.

"No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words “no” and “not” employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights." – Edmund A. Opitz

“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.” – Hosea 10:12-13 (KJV)

“Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD. 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, …