Fresh Courage Take"Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." William Penn If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. -- Samuel Adams
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Death Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. Josh Billings "The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man." David Crockett No one becomes a saint in his sleep. Sterling W. Sill. We are not weak, if we make proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power... The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. -- Patrick Henry ART. X of New Hampshire State Constitution: Government being instituted for the common benefit; protection, and security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted and public liberty manifestly endangered , and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people of right ought and may to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. Who ordained that the few should have the land (of Britain) as a prerequisite; who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth? -- David Lloyd George If America lived up to its heritage its greatness would last forever." J.T. Hale |
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Political Curves"What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolf Hitler Time makes more converts than reason. Thomas Paine Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw "I believe there is something out there watching us. I believe it's the government." Woody Allen These are the worst of days, a time when telling the truth is labeled "derogatory." Anon. I'd rather be the hammer than the anvil. Erwin Rommel "You name them. I'll shoot them." In every presidential campaign you hear the sweet words that sweeps candidates into power. But after the Oval Office is achieved all you hear is a cry for compromise. Lin Stone *** The government needs to find better ways to spend its time and our money. Mike McLean, Richfield Minn. *** War is not the best way of settling differences; however, it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you. G.K. Chesterton “He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.” Shakespeare Liberal doctrines are less scientifically provable than the story of Noah's Ark. Ann Coulter. We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life. Richard Lamm. The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Where we once had a few big rules, now we need an encyclopedia of little rules. Chesterson. The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. Conor Cruise O'Brien Women should not be allowed to serve in the military. They are too vicious. Ann Coulter. When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children. Albert Shanker. You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. -- P.J O'Rourke I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charlie Chaplin I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. Lord Byron There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. Gilbert K. Chesterton In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot. -- Mark Twain Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10% of our income. -- Harry Browne Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened. -- Sir Winston Churchill To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them... -- George Mason If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. -- John Wayne The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. -- Jonathan Swift We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. -- Mikhail Gorbachev If we can't legislate what goes on in the bedroom, why can't I hide money from the IRS under my mattress? Ann Coulter. No life is of much value and every death is but a little loss. Clarence Darrow. Humans have rights under any and all conditions. KATHY KASTEN “If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill each other? … Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.” Mother Teresa. |
Business MaximsIf a path to the better there be, it begins with a full look at the worst. Thomas Hardy *** “Free people don’t ‘exhaust’ resources. They create them.” Malcolm S. Forbes Jr. *** One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. Oscar Wilde *** When I agree to play by your rules, I don't stand a chance. Lin Stone *** If you want to make a lot of money without working your best bet is buying lottery tickets and crossing your fingers. Greg Hughes *** I will hunt you down and shoot your dog if you mess with my copyright! Vince Runza Eighty percent of the human resources department is transactional government compliance and vendor management. Brian Fayak *** Some disasters will simply make travel impossible or difficult for a period of time. Other disasters might trap us in our own homes. These kinds of disaster can be prepared for with certain essentials, containers of water, perhaps an alternate way of cooking -- like an outside barbecue, more blankets or a way to open the window. A first aid kit can do wonders to boost your self-confidence. But some disasters can make home the last place we want to be. Get your very own full, nine page report today. *** We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. -- Henry David Thoreau *** The best thing I ever did for poor people is to not become one of them. J. Paul Getty *** The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts. -- Booker T. Washington *** "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives." Willa A. Foster *** The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson *** "Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire." - W B Yeats *** "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." George Washington Carver *** "There will always be a place for good quality content that stands out from the crowd." Steve Pavlina. *** The only way to stay ahead is to do the things you need to before you need to. Lin Stone *** "That's not short-term thinking. That's naive thinking." Jay L. Abraham. *** "Most businesses are trying to hit a home run every day in a new ball park." Jay L. Abraham. *** The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -- John W(illiam) Gardner *** Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. -- Stewart Brand *** "Genius unexecuted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." Orison Swett Marden. *** Version 1 of any software is full of bugs. Version 2 fixes all the bugs and is great. Version 3 adds all the things users ask for, but hides all the great stuff in Version 2. -- Fred Blechman *** Wisdom says to have a year's supply of food and be free of debt. Most of us have a year's supply of debt and our pantries are free of food. Thomas S. Monson. *** Energy has always been the basis of cultural complexity and it always will be. The past clarifies potential paths to the future. One often-discussed path is cultural and economic simplicity and lower energy costs. This could come about through the "crash" that many fear -- a genuine collapse over a period of one or two generations, with much violence, starvation, and loss of population. The alternative is the "soft landing" that many people hope for - a voluntary change to solar energy and green fuels, energy-conserving technologies, and less overall consumption. This is a utopian alternative that, as suggested above, will come about only if severe, prolonged hardship in industrial nations makes it attractive, and if economic growth and consumerism can be removed from the realm of ideology. Joseph A. Tainter |
