Enough said.

"I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labors and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy."

~Thomas Jefferson

Happy 98th!

Today is the 98th birthday of our 40th President, Ronald Reagan.  A few favorite quotes:

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.  It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."

"Coercion, after all, merely captures man.  Freedom captivates him."

"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."

"Government exists to protect us from each other.  Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."

"It has been said that politics is the second oldest progression.  I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

More on politics later, a great quote for now

"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

6th President of these United States of America

"I remember his insistence that before religious faith can make more than superficial sense, you have to take seriously the shattering questions arising out of human existence to which religious faith claims to have answers."

~Frederick Buechner

(from his memoir Now & Then)

Words from Sir Winston

“In war: resolution

 In defeat: defiance

 In victory: magnanimity

 In peace: goodwill”

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 "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

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"The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is."

~Sir Winston Churchill