Category: Quote of the Day

"People only see what they are prepared to see." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket." – Will Rogers

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed…."- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” – Galatians 5:1 (KJV)

“Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.” – Proverbs 28:10 (KJV)

“If investors chose not to purchase a sufficient volume of new Treasury securities, the United States would be required to pay the principal on maturing debt, and not merely the interest, out of available cash. Yet the Treasury would be unable to make these principal payments without the continued confidence of market participants willing to buy new Treasury securities.”  – Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in a letter to Sen. Jim DeMint regarding raising the Federal debt ceiling. Translation: “The U.S. financial system is an enormous Ponzi scheme.”

Bryan Prescot:  “When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” Agent Alex Marlow:  “Conversely, sir, when you have a nail, you can bang at it all day with a screwdriver, a shoe or your hand and get nothing except hurt.  Whereas one good blow with the hammer makes the problem go away for good.”  – From Do Unto Others by Michael Z. Williamson. (Mass market paperback edition available August, 2011 from Baen Books.)

"A wise prince, then…should never be idle in times of peace, but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity; so that; when Fortune abandons him, he may be prepared to resist her blows." – Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

“In order for this economy to become balanced again would require consumer debt to be reduced by $3 to $4 trillion and the savings rate to double from 5% to 10%. This will never happen voluntarily. Americans are still delusional. They are actually increasing their debt as credit card debt sits at $790 billion, student loan debt at $1 trillion, auto loans at $600 billion, and mortgage debt at $13.8 trillion. The debt will not decline until an economic Depression wipes out banks and consumers alike. America will go down with a bang, not a whimper.” – Jim Quinn, writing …

“It’s a good thing Syria has gun control; otherwise the citizen-slaughtering troops could get hurt.” – From a collection of reader comments to the East Valley Tribune, Arizona. (This quote comes to us courtesy of Alphecca.com)

“In order for this economy to become balanced again would require consumer debt to be reduced by $3 to $4 trillion and the savings rate to double from 5% to 10%. This will never happen voluntarily. Americans are still delusional. They are actually increasing their debt as credit card debt sits at $790 billion, student loan debt at $1 trillion, auto loans at $600 billion, and mortgage debt at $13.8 trillion. The debt will not decline until an economic Depression wipes out banks and consumers alike. America will go down with a bang, not a whimper.” – Jim Quinn, writing …

“But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” – Acts 3:18-21 (KJV)

“The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.” – Proverbs 11:18 (KJV)

“At least once every human being should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from the supermarket, that safety does not come from policemen, and that news is not something that happens to other people.” – Robert A. Heinlein, The Number of the Beast

“A person can be a partisan or a survivalist, but not both. The survivalist defends himself, his people and his redoubt against all comers. It’s not just his right, it’s his duty. He may have standing patrols or mount a rescue operation, or do a preemptive strike against bad guys advancing on his community, or even take control of a strategic hilltop. He may make arrangements with other survivalists for mutual aid, much like volunteer fire departments do. All this is defensive. What he will not do is join with others in wholesale annihilation merely to expand turf. Legitimate defense …