Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes...known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few... No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. James Madison |
To start with, most kings are more interested in the science of war...than in useful peacetime techniques. They're far more anxious, by hook or by crook, to acquire new kingdoms than to govern their existing ones properly. Sir Thomas More |
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved. Confucius |
Painful reminder of a beach in Florida.
Listening to mom, every other day.
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
by Manly P. Hall When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. |
The Man in the Arena
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt |
The great tragedy of science--the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas H. Huxley |
'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron |
No wonder the big bang theory sounds so much like the story of creation.
Who cares about them? What's our national interest there? Just be Pro-America.
Uncle Shmuel's MO for thousands of years has been to get other people to fight their battles for them.
Time Enough for Love
by Robert Heinlein It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics. Lazarus Long |
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. Robert H. Goddard |
Buy an airplane. Become a pilot.
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. Albert Einstein |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
You see in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. Blondie |
Group punishment for whoever influenced the supreme court. Simple but effective.
She can vacuum a rug like nobody's business.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert Heinlein
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. |
Willfully?
