Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-09-03 Sep 3, 2003Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.~ Bernard BerensonThe collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. The wise and correct course to follow in taxation is not to destroy those who have already secured success, but to create conditions under which everyone will have a better chance to be successful.~ Calvin CoolidgeThere ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.~ Davy Crockett Sep 2, 2003Man is by nature a political animal.~ AristotleWe trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.~ Gaius Petronius ArbiterThree groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.~ Richard Armey Sep 1, 2003America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.~ Jimmy CarterInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should to rest on inference.~ Thomas Jefferson Aug 29, 2003Whenever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.~ Heinrich HeineJustice is the insurance we have in our lives, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.~ William PennTerrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.~ William S. Cohen Aug 28, 2003Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th; malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.~ George W. BushGod bless the America we are trying to create.~ Hillary Clinton...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their constitutional liberties, in the foolish hope that a bigger government will provide greater security.~ Larry P. Arnn Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print