Quotes

Quotes in which I find great wisdom and practicality these days.

"... you will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on."


Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country.

-Benjamin Franklin

"... it's your nickel, ride the ride as you like."
-Robb Wolf, Research Biochemist & Strength Coach

"Sooner is better than later."
-Joan of Arc

"Let it begin with me, but it begins now."

"First do no harm."   "Let food by thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."
-Hippocrates, Father of Western Medicine

"The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it."

"Sunlight is the best disinfectant."  
-Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

" Invoked or not invoked, God is present"
-Carl Jung

"Revolution opens the door to the best organized and most ruthless."
-George Friedman, Founder and CEO of STRATFOR