“To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.” – Ted Nugent
"I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision…I enjoyed the life to the full." – Theodore Roosevelt
"Our top focus – protecting our Nation – must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen." – Senator Dr. Bill Frist
“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.” – Will Rogers
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy." – George Washington
“The three most important things to look for when searching for a church home are doctrine, doctrine, and doctrine. If your main criteria are ‘programs’ and ‘outreach’ to this or that niche group, then in my opinion you are starting your search the wrong way.” – James Wesley, Rawles
"The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth." – Alan Blinder, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve, on the PBS Nightly Business Report, in 1994
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." – George E. Woodberry
"For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse, the rider was lost; For want of the rider, the battle was lost; For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost; And all for the want of a horseshoe nail." – Benjamin Franklin
"A man has got to know his limitations." – Clint Eastwood
"Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"An armed society is a polite society." – Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond this Horizon
“It was on the Rütli Meadow that the Swiss Confederation was first formed on 1 August 1291. For 650 years, Swiss fighting men had earned the reputation as the most ferocious in Europe. Their determined refusal to live under the rule of foreign kings, was legendary. Most people know the story of William Tell, the hero who refused to bow before the Austrian governor Gessler. He was condemned to shoot an apple off the head of his 6-year old son at 120 paces. If he refused, both father and son would be executed. In a remarkable display of archery skill, …
“Put your faith in God, and keep your powder dry.” – Oliver Cromwell
“Chinese President Hu Jintao didn’t mince words: China’s currency will stay where it is. For the second time in less than a year Asia’s No. 2 economy outmaneuvered the world’s biggest on the yuan. Last July, China announced a negligible 2.1 percent increase in its currency’s value versus the dollar. This week Hu, on his first official U.S. visit, didn’t budge amid Bush’s concerns an undervalued yuan is costing the U.S. jobs.” – William Pesek, in a recent editorial for Bloomberg.com