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Quote of the Day 9/03/10

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington

Quote of the Day 9/02/10

“It is a tragic thing that the U.S. government employs doublespeak to deceive the American people.; it is even more tragic that most Americans accept government doublespeak as the gospel truth.” – Laurence M. Vance on LewRockwell.com

Quote of the Day 9/01/10

“Democrats are preparing to let the George W. Bush tax cuts on high earners — on investors and job creators — expire. They want more revenue to feed the government beast. Most voters take a different view. They want to put government on a diet. To slim it down, make it more lithe and limber, [...]

Quote of the Day 8/31/10

“The obvious fact about the stimulus bill is that the money didn’t go, as the administration claimed it would, towards creating shovel-ready jobs. Obama promised that if the bill were passed, unemployment wouldn’t reach eight percent. So [Nancy] Pelosi and [Harry] Reid did what they do best, which is to give their congressional colleagues the [...]

Quote of the Day 8/30/10

“Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. … However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual … who … can be used to [...]

Quote of the Day 8/29/10

“I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers … We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.” – Thomas Jefferson

Quote of the Day 8/28/10

“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American Journalist

Quote of the Day 8/27/10

“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money. – Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French historian

Quote of the Day 8/26/10

“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy.” – Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Quote of the Day 8/25/10

“Those who have been intoxicated with power… can never willingly abandon it.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman