Tag Archives: Quote

And I quote…Patrick Henry

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Glen

A standing army we shall have, also, to execute the execrable commands of tyranny; and how are you to punish them? Will you order them to be punished? Who shall obey these orders? Will your mace-bearer be a match for … Continue reading →

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From the men who know.

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Glen

The Constitution was not intended to provide merely for the exigencies of a few years, but was to endure though a long lapse of ages, the events of which were looked up in the inscrutable purpose of providence.”—Justice Joseph Story … Continue reading →

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Josef Mengele Quote

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Glen
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And I quote…John Adams

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Glen

“If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the … Continue reading →

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The story of Martin Treptow

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Glen

During the first World War, a young man – a barber in peacetime – enlisted in the Iowa National Guard. Soon he found himself part of the 168th Infantry of the 42nd Division, the Rainbow Division. Along with the 168th … Continue reading →

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Concord Hymn

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Newland

Ralph Waldo Emerson (April 19, 1836) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence … Continue reading →

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Quote

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Glen

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Winston Churchill: Dictators and tigers

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Glen

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. Winston Churchill, letter with unspecified recipient (November 11, 1937), reported in Winston Churchill, Step by Step: 1936-1939‎ (1939), p. 159.

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And I quote…Socrates

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Glen

“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”—Socrates

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Milton Friedman Quote

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Glen

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”—Milton Friedman, American economist

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