Category: Quote of the Day

"One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation." – Congressman Thomas Brackett Reed of Maine (1839-1902), writing in 1886

“What’s the point of [gun control legislation], other than to inconvenience the honest citizen who follows the rules?… I can assure you that the guys I met in the nine prisons I served my sentence in did not get their guns at the gun store. ” – G. Gordon Liddy, as quoted in People magazine, January 10, 1994

"Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?" – Job 37:16

"What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings for equal division of unequal earnings. Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing to fork out his copper and pocket a shilling." – Ebenezer Elliott

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” – Frederic Bastiat, The Law.

“I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. They got one marked ‘brightness’ but it don’t work, does it?” – Leo Anthony Gallagher

“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