Category: Quote of the Day

"It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives." – Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) Ladies Home Journal, May 1958

"The gap between future US receipts and future US government obligations now totals $65.9 trillion, a sum that is impossible for the US to reconcile, which means the US is now technically bankrupt." – St. Louis Federal Reserve Review, July/August issue 2006

“The gun control debate generally ignores the historical and philosophical underpinnings of the Second amendment. The Second amendment is not about hunting deer or keeping a pistol in your nightstand. It is not about protecting oneself against common criminals. It is about preventing tyranny . The Founders knew that unarmed citizens would never be able to overthrow a tyrannical government as they did. They envisioned government as a servant, not a master, of the American people. The muskets they used against the British Army were the assault rifles of that time. It is practical, rather than alarmist, to understand that …

“Endless money forms the sinews of war.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

“Liberalism, with its ever changing totem pole of hierarchy of its causes, is like a continuous game of Jenga, except that no matter who causes it to fall, it will be the Republican’s fault.” – Rourke

"Every day you meet a delegation going to some convention to try and change the way of somebody else’s life." – Will Rogers

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." – General George Patton

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink." – George Orwell

"[P]oliticians gave us the idea that the things we could not afford individually we could somehow afford collectively through the magic of government." – Thomas Sowell

"But a constitution of government, once changed from freedom, can never be restored. Liberty , once lost, is lost forever." – John Adams, Letter to Abigail Adams, July 7, 1775

“When you think it’s too late is the best time to act.” – Korean Proverb

“When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.” – Charles Prince, CEO of Citigroup, as quoted in The Financial Times, July 9, 2007

"In a mature society, civil servant is semantically equal to civil master." – Robert A. Heinlein

"If a man neglects to enforce his rights, he cannot complain if, after a while, the law follows his example." – Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." – Letter from the Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina