Jim’s Quote of the Day:
"Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas." – Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
"Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas." – Field Marshall Erwin Rommel
“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” – Isaiah 43:1-2
“It has never been clear to me why increased magazine capacity in a defensive pistol is particularly choice. The bigger the magazine the bigger the gun, and the bigger the gun the harder it is to get hold of for people with small hands. And what, pray, does one need all those rounds for? How many lethal antagonists do you think you are going to be able to handle? Once when Bruce Nelson was asked by a suspect if the thirteen-round magazine in the P35 [Browning Hi-Power] was not a big advantage, Bruce’s answer was, “Well, yes, if you plan …
“If you baby your body, you will have a baby’s body!” – Ross Enamait
"When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. " – Congressman Ron Paul
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure." – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823
"Repression is expensive and resistance is cheap, so if we run out of resources, the world might get a little better." – Ran Prieur
"A ready person never needs to get ready." – Oswald Chambers
"There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but inborn in our hearts, a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading, a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice, not by instruction but by natural intuition. I refer to the law which lays down that,if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right." – Marcus Tulius Cicero (106-53 B.C.)
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." – Theodore Roosevelt
"Like waves on the seashore, an incessant drip of a faucet, or the perpetual nag of the proverbial mother-in- law, your dollars as a store of value and labor are continually clipped and filed down by the Central Bankers’ silent tax." – David J. Taffi, of Taub Associates, commenting on inflation
“Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat’s dream. If you control carbon, you control life.”- MIT climate scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen, March, 2007.
“[When lead starts flying] You won’t rise to the occasion – you’ll default to your level of training.” – Barrett Tillman
“The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by precedent, by implication, by erosion, by default, by dint of constant pressure on one side and constant retreat on the other – until the day when they are suddenly declared to be the country’s official ideology.” – Ayn Rand
"Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored." – Abraham Lincoln, from the January 27, 1838 Lyceum Address