Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2009-09-17 Sep 17, 2009We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.~ Preamble To The United States ConstitutionWherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments the real power lies in the majority of the community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the Constituents.~ James MadisonAll the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.~ John Adams Sep 16, 2009As compared with impulsive commitment to the first idea which dawns, that is, with intuitive action, reasoning is patient, exploratory of other possibilities, and deliberative.~ Edwin Arthur BurttThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.~ George Bernard ShawThere is no such thing as the last word in history. There is always scope for debate in the reading of history which is never static.~ Tony Martin Sep 15, 2009Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.~ Chinese ProverbTell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand.~ ConfuciusYou miss 100% of the shots you never take.~ Wayne Gretzky Sep 14, 2009The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.~ Angolan ProverbPrefer a loss to a dishonest gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.~ Chilon of SpartaNothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.~ Franklin P. Adams Sep 11, 2009I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.~ AesopPeople often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.~ AesopWe would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.~ Aesop Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print