Category: Quote of the Day

"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. …

“If that (extensive printing of money) doesn’t weaken a currency, I don’t know what will. Extensive printing of money — get it from me, I have got experience in that so if there is something that I can teach the world as free advice to the US and those countries that are relying on the printing press is — Don’t do it!” – Dr. Gideon Gono, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. (As quoted July 21, 2011, at the Independent Dialogue sponsored by the Zimbabwe Independent in Harare, while responding to questions about when the country was likely to …

“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