My favorite quotes

"No one has ever gone broke betting on the ignorance of the American public"--- My Father...

From http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html

Supposedly an editor had clumsily rearranged one of Churchill's sentences to avoid ending it in a preposition, and the Prime Minister, very proud of his style, scribbled this note in reply:

"This is the sort of English up with which I will not put."

You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
-Max Beerbolm

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
-Barry Goldwater

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.
-Oscar Wilde

An extremist is a person who exhibits one or more of the following qualities:
(This is the Politically Correct, modern definition.)

Has an explicit philosophical base.
Has a concise, inflexible moral code.
Has an ethical standard which is not relative or situational.
Believes in a Creator God.
Believes that life, liberty and property are sacred.
Is willing to stand up for these principles and beliefs.

Do YOU qualify?

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
-Winston Churchill

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

-Patrick Henry

What luck for rulers that men do not think.
-Adolf Hitler

Never fear the truth - but be VERY wary of those who do.
-Peter J. Celano

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws.
-Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

When you're going through Hell, keep going!
-Winston Churchill

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
-Steven Biko

Churchill was at some function and a woman said to him, You're drunk! He replied, Yes my dear I am. And you're ugly. But in the morning, I'll be sober. She responded, If I were your wife I would put poison in your food. His answer, If you were my wife I'd eat it.

Thanks for the reply from my two-month old inquiry! lol

Welcome to Free Republic! Boy, do you really "catch up" on posts!

My mistake - two YEARS and two months.

That's one of my favorites... lol