Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-09-28 Sep 28, 2010People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.~ DemocritusYou know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common, they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable, if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.~ Doctor WhoIt is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly-prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.~ James Fenimore Cooper Sep 27, 2010There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.~ Ayn RandWe demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.~ Calvin CoolidgeThere is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.~ Robert A. Heinlein Sep 24, 2010Everything is in place - after 500 years - to build a true 'new world' in the Western Hemisphere... And what happens if we don't pass NAFTA? I truly don't think that 'criminal' would be too strong a word for rejecting NAFTA.~ David RockefellerNAFTA represents the single most creative step towards a New World Order.~ Henry KissingerSomehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor.~ John Foster Dulles Sep 23, 2010We must contemplate some extremely unpleasant possibilities, just because we want to avoid them and achieve something better. Nobody, however, likes to think about anything unpleasant, even to avoid it. And so the crucial problem of thermonuclear war is frequently dispatched with the label 'War is unthinkable' -- which, translated freely, means we don't want to think about it.~ Albert WohlstetterThe human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.~ Arnold J. ToynbeeIt is a known fact that the policies of the government today, whether Republican or Democrat are closer to the 1932 platform of the Communist Party than they are to either of their own party platforms in that critical year.~ Walter Trohan Sep 22, 2010[Socialism] is a creed even more denigrating than Catholicism, but it offers more tangible bribes for its acceptance.~ Auberon HerbertWhen Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers.~ Barack Hussein ObamaNever trust governments absolutely and always do what you can to prevent them from doing too much harm.~ John Arthur Passmore Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print