Quote of the day....

That frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, 

and a firm adherence to justice, moderation, 

temperance,industry and frugality, 

are absolutely necessary to  preserve 

the blessings of liberty, 

and keep government free. 

The people ought, therefore, 

to pay particular attention to these points, 

in the choice of officers and representatives, 

and  have a right to exact a due 

and constant regard to them, 

from their legislators and magistrates, 

in the making and executing such laws as are 

necessary for the good government of the State.

-- Vermont Declaration of Rights
Source: Article 16

Quote of the day.........

The fate of the country does not depend on 

how you vote at the polls --

the worst man is as strong as 

the best at that game;

it does not depend on what kind of paper

you drop into the ballot-box once a year,

but on what kind of man 

you drop from your chamber

into the street every morning.

-- Henry David Thoreau.
(1817-1862) American author.
Source: Slavery in Massachusetts (1854)

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Look at the proud!

their spirit is not right in them,

but the righteous live by their faith........


It is alright if one has little respect for 

Other's virtues....

but should be aware of one's own 

short comings.

Quote of the day.....

[There can be no] rational administration of government

when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

-- Polybius
(ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian

Quote of the day.....

Integrity is doing the right thing, 

even if nobody is watching.

-- Jim Stovall
(1958-) American writer, blind

Quote of the day......

Law never made men a whit more just.

-- Henry David Thoreau.

Quote of the day......

If you tell the truth, 

you don't have to remember anything.

-- Mark Twain
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)

Quote of the day...........

The road to tyranny, we must remember,

begins with the destruction of the truth.

-- Bill Clinton. 42nd US President
Source: speech at the University of Connecticut, 
Oct 15, 1997.

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day......

Nothing astonishes men so much as

common sense and plain dealing.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Source: Essays, 1841

Quote of the day.....

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

-- Harold J. Laski
(1893-1950)
Source: A Grammar of Politics, 1925

Quote of the day.....

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that,

in our endeavour consciously to shape our future

in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact

unwittingly produce the very opposite of

what we have been striving for?

-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974

Quote of the day......

It is discouraging to think...

how many people are shocked by honesty

and how few by deceit.

-- Noel Coward
(1899-1973) British playwright

Higher Education......

One begins embrace false education 

By virtue of once privilege and 

Self arrogance....

Quote of the day......

O, what a tangled web we weave,

when first we practice to deceive!

-- Sir Walter Scott. 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832) 
Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet
Source:  "Marmion", Canto VI, Stanza 17

Humanity.....

Humanity is the only 

conceivable Intelligence

All else is ambiguity,

distortion and disease.

Quote of the day......

The liberties of a people never were, 

nor ever will be, secure,

when the transactions of their rulers may be 

concealed from them.

-- Patrick Henry
(1736-1799) US Founding Father

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Freedom is the right to question and change 

the established way of doing things. 

It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. 

It is the understanding that allows us to recognize 

shortcomings and seek solutions.

-- Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) 40th US President
Source: Address to students at 
Moscow State University, 05/31/88 

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A free press is not a privilege

but an organic necessity

in a great society.

-- Walter Lippmann(1889-1974) 
American writer, journalist, and political commentator.

To Care.....

In Caring.....

There is no US and THEM.