"Develop a a passion for hoeing. To cut down a weed is, therefore, to do a moral action. My hoe becomes an instrument of retributive justice. Hoeing becomes, not a pastime, but a duty. Nevertheless, what a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it." – Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden. 1872
"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." – Thomas Jefferson
Jake: What’s this? Elwood: What? Jake: This car. This stupid car. Where’s the Cadillac? The Caddy? Where’s the Caddy? Elwood: The what? Jake: The Cadillac we used to have. The Blues Mobile! Elwood: I traded it. Jake: You traded the Blues Mobile for this? Elwood: No. For a microphone. Jake: A microphone? Okay I can see that. Well, what the h**l is this? Elwood: This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Mount Prospect City Police auction last spring. It’s an old Mount Prospect Police Car. They were practically giving them away. Jake: Well, thank you pal. The …
"For the resolute and determined there is time and opportunity."- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box." – Italian Proverb
“Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered. It’s not entitlement. An entitlement is what people on welfare get, and how free are they? It’s not an endlessly expanding list of rights — the ‘right’ to education, the ‘right’ to health care, the ‘right’ to food and housing. That’s not freedom, that’s dependency. Those aren’t rights, those are the rations of slavery — hay and a barn for human cattle. There’s only one basic human right, the right to do as you da*n well please. And with it …
"Turn to me and be saved…for I am God, and there is no other.” – Isaiah 45:22
“In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.” – Paul Harvey
"Down one road lies disaster, down the other utter catastrophe. Let us hope we have the wisdom to choose wisely." – Woody Allen
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” – Ronald Wilson Reagan
“The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it.” – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
“Survival of the fittest is a constant. It is what constitutes being “fittest” that varies over time.” – Rourke
"Most civilization is based on cowardice. Its so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame." – Frank Herbert, Dune
“The first indication of an oppressive law is when the law makers exempt themselves from it.” – Rourke
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." – Albert Einstein.