Category: Quote of the Day

“Little accustomed as we are to stone buildings, it may be thought by many to erect such an one (sic) would be a great undertaking, yet it may be done without either great expense, nor much difficulty. Hammered or chiseled stone is adapted to public buildings, or the houses of the wealthy, and is expensive; but comfortable, decent houses may be built with common stone, such as we would use for good field walls. Such stones laid in strong mortar, will make an excellent building,either by facing the wall with stones, if fit for the purpose, or by rough casting …

"Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith." – Alexis de Tocqueville

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad." – James Madison

"Indifference to evil is evil." – Elie Weisel

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive." – Thomas Jefferson

“Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month]. And the floors shall be full of wheat, …

“They say ‘America, love or leave it’, but I loved it, and it left me.” – Closing lyrics to “My Country, My A**”. (Foul language warning!)

Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce): “How does the, the thing work?” Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone): “Electricity: The high priest of false security.” – from the film: The Pearl of Death (1944). Screenplay by Bertram Millhauser.

“I got into the military because I like to shoot, not the other way around. They didn’t teach me how to shoot after I got into my uniform. I got into my uniform because I thought that I’d get a lot of ammunition.” – Colonel Jeff Cooper, speaking at a Doctors for Disaster Preparedness convention.

“Our forefathers didn’t bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.” – SurvivalBlog Reader Bill H.

“…investing in the stock market is a loser’s game. Just to get back to its 1999 level in real, inflation-adjusted terms, the Dow would have to hit 13,460.” – Gerald Celente

“Candles. I have a thing for candles anyway – so I love them. My theory is ‘buy them cheap, stack them deep’.” – Enola Gay, from her hands-on preparedness blog Paratus Familia.

“The preparation which Hezekiah prudently made against this storm that threatened him: He took counsel with his princes what he should do, what measures he should take, v. 3. With their advice he provided, 1. That the country should give him a cold reception, for he took care that he should find no water in it (and then his army must perish for thirst), or at least that there should be a scarcity of water, by which his army would be weakened and unfitted for service. A powerful army, if it want water but a few days, will be but …

“I think people are beginning to realize that this downturn in the economy has just begun. We are about three years into what will turn out to be a 20 year crisis, with no guarantee what survives. But something will survive, and a new day will dawn on this planet.” – From discussion forum post by The Unrepentant Cowboy (posted at Collapsenet)

“There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.” – Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love