Category: Quote of the Week

"The crowning illusion of our time must be the idea that you can get what you want, rather than what you deserve." – Bill Bonner

“There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.” – Albert Jay Nock

“‘Need’ now means wanting someone else’s money. ‘Greed’ means wanting to keep your own. ‘Compassion’ is when a politician arranges the transfer.” – Joseph Sobran

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." – Will Rogers

"It is a wise man who, in quiet times, keeps his knives sharp and ready" – Lao Tzu

"Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtain, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column; and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." -William Cowper, "The Task" (1785)

“Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the widow’s mite, but, that it is not every one who asketh that deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving may suffer.” – President George Washington, letter to Bushrod Washington, Jan. 15, 1783

"Liberalism is a philosophy of consolation for Western Civilization as it commits suicide." – Dr. Jerry Pournelle

"Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken." – Warren Buffett

"In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants, and so proves a rough master than brings most men’s characters to a level with their fortunes." – Thucydides, circa 400 BC, during a revolt on Corfu

“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” – President Calvin Coolidge

"Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." – President George Washington

"If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: "God with us." We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!" – John F. MacArthur, Jr.

"God grant you the light in Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is love; the radiance of Christmas, which is purity; the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice; the belief in Christmas, which is truth; the all of Christmas, which is Christ." – Wilda English

"The budget should be balanced; the Treasury should be refilled; the public debt should be reduced; the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled. Assistance to foreign land should be curtailed lest we become bankrupt. The mob should be forced to work and not depend upon government for subsistence." – Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 – 43 BC