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Quotations from the wise (and not so wise)

Quotes - Thomas Jefferson

posted Monday, April 07, 2008 6:02 AM by mitchell
"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can itbe otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers,whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, & talkby the hour? That 150 lawyers should do business together oughtnot Read More
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Quotes - John Adams

posted Friday, April 04, 2008 5:58 AM by mitchell
"Children should be educated and instructed in the principlesof freedom." -- John Adams Read More
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Quotes - Joseph Story

posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 5:15 AM by mitchell
"Let the American youth never forget, that they possess anoble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, andblood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, andfaithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterityall the substantial Read More
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Quotes - C.S. Lewis

posted Monday, March 24, 2008 10:12 AM by mitchell
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. . . . It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that gives value to survival.”—C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves Read More
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Quotes - Franz Jägerstätter

posted Friday, February 29, 2008 8:48 AM by mitchell
Writing from prison - “These few words are being set down here as they come from my mind and my heart.  And if I must write them with my hands in chains, I find that much better than if my will were in chains.”  and "I can say from my own experience Read More
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Quotes - Thomas Paine

posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:04 AM by mitchell
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even inits best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state anintolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the samemiseries by a government, which we might expect in a countrywithout Read More
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Quotes - Thomas Jefferson

posted Friday, January 25, 2008 7:38 AM by mitchell
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time;the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."- Thomas Jefferson Read More
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Quotes - John Adams

posted Friday, January 04, 2008 8:22 AM by mitchell
"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate theminds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate andanimate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitualcontempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, Read More
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Quotes - Johnny Cash

posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:07 AM by mitchell
"I love the freedoms we got in this country. I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot ya if you try to burn mine." - Johnny Cash Read More
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Quotes - Thomas Jefferson

posted Friday, November 16, 2007 8:00 AM by mitchell
"The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyondincome, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indicationssoliciting the employment of the pruning knife." -- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Spencer Roane, 9 March 1821) Read More
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Quotes: Winston Churchill

posted Monday, April 02, 2007 6:38 AM by mitchell
"It is better to be making the news than taking it." -- Winston Churchill Read More
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Quotes: John Witherspoon

posted Monday, April 02, 2007 6:26 AM by mitchell
"Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy andcorruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A goodform of government may hold the rotten materials together for sometime, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution Read More
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Quotes: George Washington

posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 6:03 AM by mitchell
"No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenientand unpleasant."-- George Washington Read More
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Quotes: James Wilson

posted Monday, March 19, 2007 9:19 AM by mitchell
"Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twinsisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciencesrun into each other. The divine law, as discovered by reason andthe moral sense, forms an essential part of both."-- James Read More
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Quotes: James Madison

posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:29 AM by mitchell
"It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America,that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute."-- James Madison Read More
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