Quotes.........

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Quotations on Patriotism and Prayer

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
--George William Curtis--


Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
-- Andrew Jackson--

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“With financial blessings, also comes social responsibility!” H. Rick Tavares 3-2-2009

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There are only three types of people in this nation. We have Democrats, We have Republicans and We have Patriots. Unfortunately, the first two in this group do not always qualify to be the latter. H. Rick Tavares 3-2-2009

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"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. "
-- Calvin Coolidge
(1873-1933), 30th US President



"You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered."
-- Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908-1973) 37th US President (1963-1969)



"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. That government is best which governs least."
-- Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

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“Discussions and debates, even those sired by contrary views and ideologies, illuminate one’s brain and slake the thirsting mind.”

“And by doing so, the shrouds of intolerance, as well as the fog of a self-imposed ignorance, are forever lifted free from the boundless imagination of mankind!” VERITAS INFINITUM (Truth Forever)

An original quote by H. Rick Tavares, 3 March 2009

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"In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."
-- Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804)
Source: Federalist Paper 79 (regarding payment of Judges)



"Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else. "
-- P. J. O'Rourke
(1947- ) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator
Source: "Eat the Rich"



"If monopoly persists, monopoly will always sit at the helm of government. I do not expect monopoly to restrain itself. If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it."
-- Woodrow Wilson
(1856-1924) 28th US President

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"An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public."
-- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(1754-1838) 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum, French diplomat, "Prince of Diplomats"



"Power corrupts. But it does more than that. Power attracts the corrupt, then corrupts them further."
-- Don Matthews
(1939- ) a.k.a. "The Don", former head coach of several teams in the Canadian Football League, known as the winningest coach in the CFL



"Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness."
-- Thomas Paine
(1737-1809)
Source: "Common Sense"

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It is bad luck to be superstitious. Andrew W. Mathis

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"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."
-- Lord Acton
[John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham



"The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government."
-- Milton Friedman
(1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, "ultimate guru of the free-market system"
Source: "Capitalism and Freedom"



"Government can do something for the people
only in proportion as it can do something to the people. "
-- Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President

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From Jerry White, co-founder of Survivor Corp; "We will never know why we're allowed to be tortured by fate. But if we hang on long enough, we will see there is a sequel in survivorship; the opportunity to grow stronger and thrive."
Mr. White is a land mine survivor who lost one leg and severely injured the other in Isreal in 1984.