Here are some quotes from the past that remind me of current events :
Quotes by George Washington:
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
Quotes by Ronald Reagan:
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Quotes by Margaret Thatcher:
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Quotes by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain):
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first
Thomas Jefferson
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
John Adams
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
Abraham Lincoln
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg. (Or an Assult Weapon...edit)
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Benjamin Franklin
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty
or security
Wars are not paid for in war time. The bill comes later.
Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
Quotes by George Washington:
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
Quotes by Ronald Reagan:
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Quotes by Margaret Thatcher:
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Quotes by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain):
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first
Thomas Jefferson
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
John Adams
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
Abraham Lincoln
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg. (Or an Assult Weapon...edit)
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Benjamin Franklin
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty
or security
Wars are not paid for in war time. The bill comes later.
Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
