Politics and Friends
“I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.” – Ann Richards
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Liberty and Repression
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
Continue reading →Setting Brush Fires in People’s Minds
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” – Samuel Adams
Continue reading →The IRS
Did you ever notice that when you put together “THE” and “IRS,” it spells “THEIRS?”
Continue reading →Thanksgiving and Our Patriotic Duty
“Thanksgiving is America’s national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.” – Michael Dresser
Continue reading →Criticism of the President
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Continue reading →Tyranny for Your Own Good
“Of all tyrannies, tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. Those who torment us for our own good will … Continue reading →
The Love of One’s Country
“The love of one’s country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border?” – Pablo Casals
Continue reading →The Squeeze
The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet: The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to … Continue reading →
Putting the Federal Government in Charge
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand.” – Milton Friedman
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