ttttt

"That this race are destined to a speedy and final extinction, seems to admit of no doubt. . .

all that can be expected from an enlightened and Christian government, such as ours,

is to graduate and smooth the passway of their final exit from the state of human existence."

- E.A.Graves, Indian Bureau agent, United States

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
~~ H. L. Mencken

"Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. "

~ Miguel de Cervantes

"And knowing, is half the battle."

- G.I. Joe

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first."
-Teddy Roosevelt

"It is the prohibition that makes anything precious"
-Mark Twain

Just because the river is quiet doesn't mean the crocodiles are gone.
- Malay proverb

"The human mortality rate, for all the fervent effort of would-be nannies, is still 100%.

It is better to spend life living, than to waste it worrying about extending life."

- A great guy

"Aztlan is just another word for no electricity and rotting meat."

–Longeyes

"Only the dead have seen the end of war"

- Plato

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."

-Daniel Webster

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. "

-Havegunjoe (THR)

"...quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."

[...a sword never kills anybody; it's a tool in the killer's hand.]

-- (Lucius Annaeus) Seneca "the Younger" (ca. 4 BC-65 AD)

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

- Winston Churchill

"The great object is that every man be armed."

-Patrick Henry

"[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws

will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt."

Samuel Adams (essay in The Public Advertiser, Circa 1749)

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

- Mark twain

"From his weapons away, no man should ever stir one step on the field;

for no one knows when need might have, on a sudden, a man of his sword."

- Viking

[ALSO TRANSLATED AS]

"Away from his arms in the open field
A man shall fare not a foot;
For never he knows when the need for a spear
Shall arise on the distant road"
- Norse Havamol 38

Politicians & diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason.

- unknown, but discerning

"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"

-unknown

"Oh how far we have fallen!

Is there any hope of turning from this,

“Protect me from anything and everything and let me suckle at the government teat

as long as possible” attitude that now so prevails?

Probably not, for we reap what we sow."

-Patrick Henry

"The right of a citizen to bear arms, in lawful defense of himself or the State, is absolute.

He does not derive it from the State government. It is one of the 'High Powers' delegated

directly to the citizen by the United States Constitution, Amendment II....A law cannot be

passed to infringe upon it or impair it, because it is above the law, and independent of the

law-making power."

- Texas Supreme Court Decision, Cockrum vs State of Texas, ---- 1859

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

– Voltaire

________________________________________________________________________________

Quotes page I / II / III / Yamabushi HOME