Category: Quote of the Day

"I stood in the Roman Forum, and I found out that they had a Senate in Rome long ago. That’s why Rome declined.  Boy! If they declined with a Senate, what will we do with a Senate and a House?" –  Will Rogers, January, 1927

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." – Edmund Burke

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." – Will Durant

"One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors." – Plato

“Folks, did you hear that? The authorities in L.A. say there’s nothing to worry about. I’d love to see their dumb faces when Malibu and Beverly Hills get sucked into the gurgling maw of the Pacific. Where are they going to plug in their electric cars then? Ha, ha, ha.” – Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost, in the movie 2012

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.” – 2 Timothy 2:15-16 (KJV)

Michael G. recommended a Peak Oil comic strip: ROME DIDN’T COLLAPSE IN A DAY    o o o Justice Drags her feet in Ohio: Lakewood woman’s lawsuit forces police to return confiscated firearms.    o o o Regulations Threaten School Tornado Shelters in Alabama. A bureaucratic nightmare! ( A hat tip to Timothy J. for the link.)    o o o Brett G. sent this: Michigan Hunter Kills 220-Pound Black Bear During Attack    o o o And, speaking of hunting, J. McC. sent this: Salisbury man banned from hunting worldwide. The North Carolina court’s jurisdiction in say, Zambia (or …

“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.” – 1 Corinthians 13:3-4 (KJV)

"There are two dangers in not owning a farm: the belief that heat comes from the furnace and food comes from the supermarket." – Aldo Leopold

"It is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property. If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand …

 “Our whole monetary system borrows prosperity from the future so that we can spend it today. When we do a bailout, we’re borrowing more prosperity out of the future just to prop up these zombie companies and zombie banks, and what that does is that all that prosperity is owed back just like our entire currency supply of the planet is all owed back plus interest. That means our prosperity is owed back plus interest.” – Mike Maloney

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." – Benjamin Franklin

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." – General Douglas MacArthur

“Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.” – Deuteronomy 27:2. (KJV)

“Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: [and] his years as many generations. …