ttttttFine Quotations from Years Past. Reflect on them, digest them, come to think upon what states of mental, emotional, and world affairs would have led the penning of such words. Somewhere hidden in the verses a grain of wisdom may be found...or not! But deciding is in fact the goal and purpose of this page. Come back a visit them time to time, see how the meaning changes with each passing season of life.
"Here's to cheating, stealing, fighting and drinking.
If you cheat, may it be a death; if you steal, may it be a heart;
if you fight, may it be for your Brother; and if you drink, may it be with me."
- Biker (THR)
"It does not require many words to speak the truth."
- Chief Joseph
"Brevity is the soul of wit!"
- Shakespeare
"If we believe that man is made in the image of God,
then we would do well to remember that 'the LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name' (Ex. 15:3)."
John Eldredge, "Wild At Heart" (c) 2001
"E pur si muovo"
lit. 'the Earth still moves', supposedly stated by Galileo as he left
the court, charged with the crime of heresy against the church for claiming that Earth revolves
around the Sun. He was sentenced to house arrest for life with the idea that prison would kill him at his then current
state of health .
"Speak kindly to me, beloved master. Revel in my unconditional love,
and give me every minute that you can spare, for my time with you is short."
--Your faithful dog
"We often give enemies the means of our own destruction."
- Aesop (620-560 BC) --Greek storyteller
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy,
a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time,
this expression is unique. And if you block it it will never exist through any other medium and be lost."
-Martha Graham
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstien 1879-1955
"A well regulated militia,
composed of the body of the people, trained in arms,
is the best most natural defense of a free country."
-James Madison
"In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance."
- Miyamoto Musashi, A Book of Five Rings, 1645
"Some princes, in order to hold their possessions securely, have disarmed their citizens...
But when you disarm them, you . . . show that you distrust them,
either through cowardice or lack of confidence in yourself.
Disarming the citizens for these reasons makes them hate you."
Niccolo Machiavelli, (1469-1532) the Prince (Il Principe), chapter 20.
"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do,
you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution,
which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."
-James Madison
"As much as I enjoy being on-line,
there comes a time when the ridiculous content reminds me turn off the puter and enjoy real life.
Maybe that's why Bill Gates makes us click on "Start" and not "Esc" to shut er down."
- THR's Atticus
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people
by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power
than by violent and sudden usurpations."
-James Madison
"You have never tasted freedom, friend," Dienekes spoke,
"or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel."
Gates of Fire
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is,
as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government ."
-Thomas Jefferson
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river."
- Nikita Khrushchev
"Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice, and fear walk hand in hand."
- Neil Peart of Rush, "Witchhunt"
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts,
than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
-Mahatma Gandhi
‘‘We cannot be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.''
— William Jefferson Clinton, USA Today, 3/11/93 page 2A
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it."
-Thomas Jefferson
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
- George Bernard Shaw
"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 for men to live without breaking laws...
you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on guilt."
Ayn Rand
"Do we really think that a government-dominated education is going to produce citizens
capable of dominating their government,
as the education of a truly vigilant self-governing people requires?"
- Alan Keyes
"Open your eyes, and look within.
Are you satisfied with the life you're livin'?"
- Bob Marley
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
– Plato
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