Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-04-07 Apr 7, 2004No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.~ Theodore RooseveltTo divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.~ Theodore RooseveltWhen they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty.'~ Theodore Roosevelt Apr 6, 2004The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.~ James MadisonWith respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.~ James Madison... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark.~ James Madison Apr 5, 2004I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.~ Harry S. TrumanWhen you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.~ Harry S. TrumanYou can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.~ Harry S. Truman Apr 3, 2004Ballots are the rightful, and peaceful, successors of bullets; and that when ballots have fairly, and constitutionally, decided, there can be no successful appeal, back to bullets; that there can be no successful appeal, except to ballots themselves, at succeeding elections.~ Abraham LincolnIf you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.~ Abraham LincolnStand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.~ Abraham LincolnThe Shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shephard as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as a destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.~ Abraham Lincoln Apr 2, 2004It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.~ George Bernard ShawIt is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.~ H. L. MenckenThe saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities -- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Apr 1, 2004When in charge, ponder... When in trouble, delegate... When in doubt, mumble.~ Dr. Jim BorenWhen the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine.~ Bertrand RussellIf we can ever make red tape nutritional, we can feed the world.~ Robert SchaeberleSocialism is after all, the Viagra of politics...~ Michael Pierce Mar 31, 2004Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.~ Ambrose BierceThe mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.~ Cullen HightowerAny one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.~ Gilbert Keith ChestertonNow and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.~ Kin Hubbard Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print