Sayings
Issue #25 Posted November 20, 2002
"Ignorance is Curable; Idiocy is Chronic" – Rob De Witt"
There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation." – George Washington
"All warfare is based on deception." – Sun Tzu
"We make war that we may live in peace." – Aristotle
"Peace is liberty in tranquility; servitude the last of all evils, one to be repelled, not only by war but even by death." – Marcus Tullius Cicero
"In case of defense 'tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems." – Shakespeare
"A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war." – Sir Francis Bacon
"The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger." – Henry Ward Beecher
"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." – Aesop
"They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience." – Joseph Conrad
"We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent." – Ronald Reagan
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." – Sir Winston S. Churchill
"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." – Benjamin Franklin
"Nine-tenths of wisdom consists of being wise in time." – Theodore Roosevelt
"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be." -- Socrates
"He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life." – Johann K. Lavater
"Poverty doesn't cause crime; people do. To commit acts as heinous as those of September 11th requires a profound depravity and utter lack of conscience." – Joel Mowbray
"Never underestimate the ability of unelected bureaucrats to overturn the expressed will of the people if it threatens their power." – Linda Chavez
"I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." – Gen Norman Schwartzkopf. "
"Put none but Americans on guard tonight." – George Washington
"Sounds like some people need to engage their brain rather than their safety." – Ralph Lenehan
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." – Harry S. Truman –
"I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hothouses of learning do not always grow anything edible. " -- Robert Moses
"Imagine a world without attorneys approving targets." – The warriors wish
"Conscience is the most sacred of all property." --James Madison
"Whoever can surprise well must conquer." – John Paul Jones
"Half-heartedness never won a battle." - -William McKinley
"Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another." -- Charles Caleb Colton
"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice - their choice." – Dwight D. Eisenhower
"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught." – H. L. Mencken
"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned." – Herbert Hoover
"Money will not purchase character or good government." – Calvin Coolidge
"Every public official should be recycled occasionally." – John V. Lindsay
"Only brave and independent people can preserve liberty. Are there a sufficient number of such people left in America? We shall see." – Chuck Baldwin
"Honesty, selflessness, caring, empathy and optimism were what made our country survive the awful times of our birth and two World Wars since. When we lose those special characteristics, we will lose our special place as a nation in a world looking for moral leadership." – John LeBoutillier
2002-4