Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"I would rather be governed by the first 100 names in the Boston phone directory than by the Harvard faculty." – William F. Buckley
"I would rather be governed by the first 100 names in the Boston phone directory than by the Harvard faculty." – William F. Buckley
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” – Colossians 3:14 (KJV)
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” – 1 John 5:11-13 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into Heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the LORD hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger” – Luke 2:15-16 (KJV)
“Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.” – Matthew 2:2 (KJV)
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince Of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with Judgment and with Justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” – Isaiah 9:6-7 (KJV)
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.” – Isaiah 4-31 (KJV)
“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defense; I shall not be moved.” – Psalm 62:5-6 (KJV)
“We’ll never know the worth of water till the well goes dry.” – Scottish Proverb
"We are in danger of being overwhelmed with irredeemable paper, mere paper, representing not gold nor silver; no sir, representing nothing but broken promises, bad faith, bankrupt corporations, cheated creditors and a ruined people." – Daniel Webster, in an address to the U.S. Senate, 1833
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”- Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)
"The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers." – Edgar R. Fiedler
"Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society." – Benjamin Franklin
"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." – Alexander Hamilton
“The creation of crimes after the commission of the fact, or, in other words, the subjecting of men to punishment for things which, when they were done, were breaches of no law, and the practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.” – The Federalist, #84 (Attributed to Alexander Hamilton)