“This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities’ ability to deal with the adversity.” – Dr. Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. (As quoted in 2008, as he orchestrated massive hyperinflation that inevitably brought the value of the Zimbabwean Dollar to zero.)
“The first rule of unrestricted warfare is that there are no rules, with nothing forbidden.” – From the treatise “Unrestricted Warfare” by Col. Qiao Liang and Col. Wang Xiangsui, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China
"The right to be left alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms." – U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
“The vice of capitalism is it’s unequal sharing of blessings. The Virtue of Socialism is it’s equal sharing of misery.” – Winston Churchill
“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” – Psalm 9:9-10 (KJV)
“But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: from their mouth.” – Jeremiah 7:28 (KJV)
"Political tags, such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth, are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." – Robert A. Heinlein
“So you never picked no peaches You never rode no boxcar train. Never worked out on the road gang Or slept out in the rain. But when you see a good man Have to struggle, sweat and strain And when a man can’t feed his children Don’t it make you stop and think? Are they gonna make us outlaws again? Is that what it’s comin’ to my friends? Why, I think I see why Pretty Boy Floyd done the things he did. Are they gonna make us outlaws again?” – Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again?, by James Talley
“If you’re prepared for the zombie apocalypse, a hurricane is just a storm.” – The Say Uncle blog.
"It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." – Daniel Webster
“Gold is the mirror of the world’s paper currency system. The price of gold doesn’t reflect the intrinsic value of the metal – which is almost unchanging over time. It reflects the relative value and volatility of paper currencies.” – Porter Stansberry . [JWR highly recommends the Stansberry investing newsletters.]
“Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Seeing then that we have a great high …
“[[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.]] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his …
 "Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil… prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon." – Terry Pratchett
"The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force." – Voltaire