“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.” – Lamentations 3:22-26 (King James Version)
"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises to give even his life– knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live." – Aristotle (B.C. 384-322)
"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?" – Robert Louis Stevenson
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher
Andrea: Unhappy the land that has no heroes. Galileo: No, unhappy the land that needs heroes. – Bertolt Brecht, "Life of Galileo"
"The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed – where the government refuses to stand for re-election and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once." – Alex Kosinski, US Federal Appeals Court Judge
“Let a regular army, fully equal to the resources of the country, be formed; and let it be entirely at the devotion of the federal government; still it would not be going too far to say, that the State governments, with the people on their side, would be able to repel the danger. The highest number to which, according to the best computation, a standing army can be carried in any country, does not exceed one hundredth part of the whole number of souls; or one twenty-fifth part of the number able to bear arms. This proportion would not yield, …
"[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up." – Proverbs 21:20 (KJV)
"Expecting a carjacker, a rapist or a drug pusher to care that his possession or use of a gun is unlawful is like expecting a terrorist to care that his car bomb is taking up two car [parking] spaces." – Joseph T. Chew
“Many citizens are questioning the numerous disconnects between the futures markets in precious metals and commodities and the realities of global supply and demand. As the saying goes: keep an eye on the referee. Maybe this match/game isn’t quite as fair as it’s advertised.” – Charles Hugh Smith
“What we as a nation have done recently is eat the seeds and kill off the game which is necessary to regenerate surplus in the future. We have consumed our future surplus. This is essentially why the Coming Depression will not end in 2009 or 2012–we as a nation have consumed our future surplus via stupendous deficits and the stupendous interest payments which must be paid out of future surpluses.” – Charles Hugh Smith
"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." – Lou Holtz
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." – Thomas Jefferson
"Gold is money, and nothing else." – J.P. Morgan, testifying under oath to Congress before the Pujo Commission, 1913
"A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing." – Proverbs 20:4