Very good, Orn. Thank you for these quotes. dj
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:19 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of > blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy... > ~Abraham Lincoln > > I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. > ~Abraham Lincoln > > America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and > lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. > ~Abraham Lincoln > > A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when > single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang. > ~Benjamin Franklin > > About the quote: Speaking to Benjamin Vaughan, 14 March 1785. > I hope....that mankind will at length, as they call themselves > responsible creatures, have the reason and sense enough to settle > their differences without cutting throats... > ~Benjamin Franklin > > There never was a good war or a bad peace. > ~Benjamin Franklin > > Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety. > ~Benjamin Franklin > > We Americans have no commission from God to police the world. > ~Benjamin Harrison > > > > On Mar 23, 2:05 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > “…oh yes, and isn't her effortless command of the English language > > inspiring?…” - fran > > > > …as is her lack of tenacity when it comes to remaining in office! > > > > Oh, and for those enamored with sentence diagramming, be sure to read > > and look at: > > “Diagramming Sarah. Can Palin's sentences stand up to a grammarian?” > http://www.slate.com/id/2201158/ > > > > And from both sides of the Atlantic: > > > > “Sarah Palin: Every English teacher's worst nightmare” > http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-eve.html > > > > and > > > > “Sarah Palin's political gibberish” > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/02/sarah.... > > > > On Mar 23, 1:46 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > "What I dislike most about Obamacare though is this notion that the > > > leftists in Washington think that they can pass this thing through, > > > cram it through, with disregard to consider the will of the people, > > > disregard of these constitutional legal traditional processes which > > > have thus far been used in America's processes to allow policy to be > > > adopted that do adhere to the will of the people." > > > -- Sarah Palin > > > > > Wow! Deep, deep thoughts! Have I got this right ... a group of > > > leftists in Washington, unelected by the American people, have pushed > > > through a proposal of an unelected president, in an illegal, > > > unconstitutional extra-parliamentary way? The people of the USA are > > > indeed fortunate to have advocates of due process and constitutional > > > parliamentary procedures such as Ms. Palin ... (oh yes, and isn't her > > > effortless command of the English language inspiring?) > > > > > Francis > > > > > On 22 Mrz., 04:23, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Let it all hang out. Marx and Stalin and Mao quotes welcome. Paine > > > > and Jefferson quotes appreciated. > > > > > > "A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it > cannot > > > > survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less > formidable, > > > > for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves > > > > amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling > > > > through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. > > > > For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar > > > > to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he > > > > appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He > > > > rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night > > > > to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so > > > > that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor > > > > is the plague." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero > > > > > > "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become > more > > > > corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." > > > > "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will > > > > herald the end of the republic." > > > > "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. > You > > > > have to catch it yourself." > > > > ---Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > dj- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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