Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-06-23 Jun 23, 2008The road to hell is paved with good intentions.~ Late 16th Century ProverbThe holier-than-thou activists who blame the population for not spending more money on their personal crusades are worse than aggravating. They encourage the repudiation of personal responsibility by spreading the lie that support of a government program fulfills individual moral duty.~ Patrick CoxWe are thus in the position of having to borrow from Europe to defend Europe, of having to borrow from China and Japan to defend Chinese and Japanese access to Gulf oil, and of having to borrow from Arab emirs, sultans and monarchs to make Iraq safe for democracy. We borrow from the nations we defend so that we may continue to defend them. To question this is an unpardonable heresy called 'isolationism.'~ Patrick J. Buchanan Jun 20, 2008It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.~ Herman MelvilleAnd as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.~ Marianne WilliamsonThe great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute -- he simply speaks and does what is right.~ Mencius Jun 19, 2008In their tendencies toward tolerance, openmindedness, faith in people and lack of authoritarianism, selfactualizers do appear to possess psychic strengths which allow them to work well in situations marked by a diversity of viewpoints.~ Jeanne KnutsonArt is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.~ Oscar WildeOur duty, as men and women is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Jun 18, 2008A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.~ Lysander SpoonerWe will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games.~ Lou EricksonWhen a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 17, 2008Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.~ George W. BushIf men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.~ George WashingtonTo silence criticism is to silence freedom.~ Sidney Hook Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print