To: Loud Mime
Any great quotes to share?
15 posted on
02/25/2009 3:10:27 AM PST by
Jacquerie
(Truth to the Left is that which advances their goals, factuality is irrelevant.)
To: Jacquerie
No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, November 4, 1775
16 posted on
02/25/2009 7:13:10 AM PST by
Bigun
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
To: Jacquerie
Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue. John Witherspoon, The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men, 1776
17 posted on
02/25/2009 7:14:59 AM PST by
Bigun
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
To: Jacquerie
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a mans initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. William J. H. Boetcker, 1916 (often attributed to Lincoln)
18 posted on
02/25/2009 7:22:18 AM PST by
Bigun
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
To: Jacquerie
And lastly, see my tagline.
19 posted on
02/25/2009 7:23:12 AM PST by
Bigun
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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