Very good, Orn. Thank you for these quotes. Here's another from Thomas Jefferson.
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." dj On Mar 23, 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 Maoquoteswelcome. Paine > > > > and Jeffersonquotesappreciated. > > > > > "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 -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
