The difference between 'involvement'
and 'commitment' is like an eggs and ham breakfast:
the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was committed.
Larry Flynt
When you do the common things in life in an
uncommon way, you will command the attention
of the world.
George Washington Carver
Always do right - this will gratify some
and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain
Abridgment Of Freedoms
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of
freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment
of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
James Madison
Arms
Americans need never fear their government because of
the advantage of being armed, which the Americans
possess over the people of almost every other nation.
James Madison
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom
under any government, no matter how popular and
respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear
arms.... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one
guarantee against arbitrary government, one more
safeguard against the tyranny which now appears
remote in America but which historically has proven
to be always possible.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ascendancy of the Constitution
"To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the
lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on
which the success of the [American] system must depend;
unless that ascendancy can be preserved, the necessary
consequence must be that the laws will supersede the
Constitution; and, finally, the will of the Executive, by
influence of its patronage, will supersede the laws ..."
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
American statesman from SC
Audience
"The Best audience is intelligent, well-educated,
and a little drunk."
VP Albert W. Barkley
Bad Law
There are not enough jails, not enough policemen,
not enough courts to enforce a law not supported
by the people
Hubert H. Humphrey
Banks
"A power has risen up in the government greater than the people
themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests,
combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of
the vast surplus in banks."
John C. Calhoun, Vice President
June 27, 1836
Source: http://www.devvy.com/9612.html
Bible
The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests.
Andrew Jackson
Bigotry
The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction
to the very meaning of America.
Hubert H. Humphrey
Blind Acceptance
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official
policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her
to a higher standard.
George McGovern
Bush and Iraq
"The Bush administration is trying to use the armed
forces as a political weapon in this domestic election.
The simple truth is, the armed forces exist to protect
the United States, to be used as a last resort.
That's not the case of Iraq. We've been misusing our
armed forces. It was a mistake to get into Iraq."
General Wesley Clark
Challenge
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands
in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change
The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels
security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid
fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain
of a new idea.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chickenhawks
"This is the comparison we're willing to have. When John
Kerry was in that swift boat with people firing upon him,
where were George Bush and Dick Cheney?"
Dick McAuliffe
"When I hear this coming from Dick Cheney, who was a
coward, who would not serve during the Vietnam War, it
makes my blood boil.Those of us who served and those
of us who went in the military don't like it when
someone like a Dick Cheney comes out and he wants to
be tough. Yeah, he'll be tough. He'll be tough with
somebody else's blood, somebody else's kids. But not
when it was his turn to go."
Sen. Tom Harkin
Source:Associated Press,August 14, 2004
Concentration of Power
"The dangers of a concentration of all power
in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours
are too obvious to be disregarded."
Franklin Pierce
(1804-1869) U.S. President
Source: Inaugural Address, 4 March 1853
Consent
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Control Of Schools
Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to
belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God
in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we
do not want to see public education connected with religious
control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Destiny
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.
Destiny is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be
achieved."
William Jennings Bryan
Dream
I have a dream that my four little children will one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Edge
Will ending the dividend tax make air travel safer? Will
it keep a dirty bomb out of New York harbor?
Will ending the dividends save one police officer or
firefighter his or her job? In short, will it make
America safer, more secure? Of course, the answer is
no.
The truth is we are not prepared, we are not
supporting our first responders, and our approach to
securing our nation is haphazard at best,
Somewhere along the line, we lost our edge.
We let our guard down.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Evil
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it
as he who helps to perpetuate it.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Federal Reserve Bank?
The bold effort the present (central) bank had made
to control the government ... are but premonitions of
the fate that await the American people should they
be deluded into a perpetuation of this institution or
the establishment of another like it.
Andrew Jackson
Free Society
My definition of a free society is a society where it is
safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fundamental Truth
We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth,
that religion, or the duty we owe our Creator and the
manner of discharging it, can be directed only by
reason and conviction, not by force or violence.
The religion then of every man must be left to the
conviction and conscience of every man; and it is
the right of every man to exercise it as these may
dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right.
James Madison
Future
We have staked the whole future of American civilization,
not upon the power of government, far from it. We have
staked the future ...upon the capacity of each and all of
us to govern ourselves, to sustain ourselves,
according to the Ten Commandments of God.
James Madison
Govern
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.
M. Cumo
Government
In framing a government, which is to be administered by men
over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable
the government to control the governed, and in the next place,
oblige it to control itself.
James Madison
Homeland Liberty
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to
be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended,
from abroad.
James Madison
Human Life
What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either,
1st destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and
Lacedemonians; or 2nd it is stifled or starved, as among
other nations whose population is commensurate to its
food; or 3rd it is consumed by wars and endemic diseases;
or 4th it overflows, by emigration, to places where a surplus
of food is attainable.
James Madison
Kicking a Man
"Never kick a man when he’s up."
Thomas "Tip" O’Neill, American politician,
speaker of the House of Representatives (1912-1994)
Lessons in Patriotism
I don't need any lessons in patriotism or caring about
America from the likes of Tom DeLay and the right wing,
whose motivations can be questioned ...
(note: Tom Delay, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rush,
Denny Hastert all avoided serving in Vietnam,
Kerry has 3 Purple Hearts.)
John F. Kerry 4-5-2003
Life
"Life breaks us all, but some of us emerge stronger in
the broken places"
Former Senator Max Cleland
Mad as Hell, Witcover and Germond,pp183
(Note: Max is the Vietnam Viet that lost both legs and
an arm in Vietnam. The GOP with Bush's approval called
him Unpatriotic in 2002 because he disagreed with
President Bush (a draft dodger) and elected another
draft dodger.) Damn fools In Georgia!
Money
"Money power denounces, as public enemies, all who question its
methods or throw light upon its crimes."
William Jennings Bryan
(1860-1925) US Congressman (1891-1895), US Secretary of State (1913-1915) under
President Woodrow Wilson, Democratic Party nominee for President 1896, 1900 and 1908
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Jennings.Bryan.Quote.2BD1
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
William Jennings Bryan
New World Order
"I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the
following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press for ...
a 'new world order' based not upon Pax Americana but on peace through law with
a stronger U.N. and World Court."
George McGovern
Source: New York Times, February, 1991
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.McGovern.Quote.D0BC
Principle
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone,
and you may cherish the sweetest reflection
that your vote is never lost."
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) 6th US President
Source:Liberty Quotes
Religious Right
Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and
the temporal power should not become too important
in any church.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of
Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of
education or of government by any one particular religious
faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
During almost fifteen centuries the legal establishment of
Christianity has been upon trial. What has been its fruits?
More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy;
ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition,
bigotry, and persecution.
James Madison
Rich
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too
often bend the acts of government to their
selfish purposes.
Andrew Jackson
Risks
"In America any boy may become President and
I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes"
Adlai Stevenson
Ronald Reagan
"You've got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan,
because when you quote him accurately it's called
mudslinging."
-- Walter Mondale
Silence
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Tax Cuts
"The only thing these tax cuts will stimulate is
campaign contributions from fatcats."
Senator Robert Byrd.
Vietnam War
How do you ask a man to be the last to die
for a mistake?
John F. Kerry 1971
Violence
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks
to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it...
Through violence you may murder the hater, but you
do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases
hate.... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened,
you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a
financial element in the large centers has owned the
government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a
freight car, but if he has a university education he may
steal the whole railroad.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman
Religious Right Spiritual leadership should remain spiritual leadership and the temporal power should not become too important in any church. Eleanor Roosevelt Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. Eleanor Roosevelt During almost fifteen centuries the legal establishment of Christianity has been upon trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution. James Madison Rich It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Andrew Jackson Risks "In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes" Adlai Stevenson Ronald Reagan "You've got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it's called mudslinging." -- Walter Mondale Silence In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tax Cuts "The only thing these tax cuts will stimulate is campaign contributions from fatcats." Senator Robert Byrd. Vietnam War How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake? John F. Kerry 1971 Violence The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it... Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way. Franklin Delano Roosevelt The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. Franklin Delano Roosevelt A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad. Franklin Delano Roosevelt If you cannot convince them, confuse them. Harry S. Truman
