“As the state grows, one’s sense of self-ownership is destroyed, liberty is traded for ‘security’, the human spirit diminishes, and the citizenry increasingly thinks and behaves like dependent children”. – Eric Englund in Income Taxes, Obesity, and Other Maladies of Nanny Statism, 2005.
“The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times?” – Matthew 16:1-3 (KJV)
“If you are in the hip pocket of any political party, prepare to be sat on.” – Dr. Gary North
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” – 1 John 1:9-10 (KJV)
"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in." – James Reston
“I say that the Second Amendment doesn’t allow for exceptions – or else it would have read that the right ‘to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, unless Congress chooses otherwise.’ And because there are no exceptions, I disagree with my fellow panelists who say the existing gun laws should be enforced. Those laws are unconstitutional [and] wrong – because they put you at a disadvantage to armed criminals, to whom the laws are no inconvenience.” – Harry Browne, at a meeting with the NRA’s Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and other panelists at a gun rights rally …
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” – Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)
“Due to the second eruption of the Iceland volcano and further disruption to flights, our shipment of Wii stock will be delayed.” – a Mindscape Corporation spokesperson, as reported by the editor of the Kotaku blog. (For some techno nerds, this might signal TEOTWAWKI.)
“Somewhere ahead I expect to see a worldwide panic-scramble for gold as it dawns on the world population that they have been hoodwinked by the central banks’ creation of so-called paper wealth. No central bank has ever produced a single element of true, sustainable wealth. In their heart of hearts, men know this. Which is why, in experiment after experiment with fiat money, gold has always turned out to be the last man standing.” – Richard Russell
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; And fired the shot heard round the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Concord Hymn, (1837), immortalizing the skirmish at the Old North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775
"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of which your fathers served, or gods…in whose land ye dwell: but I, and mine house, will serve the Lord." – Joshua 24:15
"As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men." – Chilo of Sparta (Chilon)
"The art of taxation consists of so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing." – J.B. Colbert, French Statesman, circa 1665
“Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger, rather you learned how to handle it safely.” – Isaac Asimov,”The Caves of Steel“, p. viii
“Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don’t know when it’s through if you are a crook or a martyr.” – Will Rogers