Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-03-01 Mar 1, 2004Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.~ General George S. Patton, Jr.One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.~ Lyn NofzigerI have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.~ Patrick HenryCourage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said it is the quality which guarantees all others.~ Sir Winston Churchill Feb 27, 2004People may or may not say what they mean...but they always say something designed to get what they want.~ David MametThe disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political authority, though it be confided to masses, cannot be trusted without positive limitations, men in bodies being but an aggregation of the passions, weaknesses and interests of men as individuals.~ James Fenimore CooperThose in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.~ Justice William O. Douglas Feb 26, 2004Let 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. BushTo those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America’s enemies and pause to America’s friends.~ John AshcroftOver the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.~ General Colin Powell Feb 25, 2004What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.~ Bruce BartonHe who wants peace must prepare for war.~ ClaudiusI like a man who grins when he fights.~ Sir Winston Churchill Feb 24, 2004Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.~ Ambrose BierceA nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense.~ P. J. O'RourkeIt will take America fifteen years of steady taking care of our own business and letting everybody else's alone, to get us back to where everybody speaks to us again.~ Will Rogers Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print