Supreme Court Victory 2008
“The Constitution shall never be
construed...
to prevent the people of the United States
who are peaceable
citizens from keeping
their own arms.” —Samuel Adams
“The Constitution shall never be
construed...
to prevent the people of the United States
who are peaceable
citizens from keeping
their own arms.” —Samuel Adams
May today there be
peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where
you are
meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities
that are
born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have
received, and
pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be confident knowing you are a child
of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your
soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of
us.
"The trouble with the world is that the
stupid are cock-sure and the intelligent
are full of doubt".
Bertrand Russell
"On the battlefield of ideas,
winning requires moving toward
the sound of the guns".
-- Newt Gingrich--
Former Speaker of the House
of Representatives
"A good scare is worth more to a man
than good advice."
Ed Howe
When I count my blessings,
I count you twice!
"I know a lot of morning people
and I know a lot of night people
but I have yet to meet
a late afternoon person."
Douglas Coupland
Author of Generation X, Microserfs
and JPod.
"In the middle of every
difficulty lies opportunity"
Albert Einstein
“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that
he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that
has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.” —George Washington
Over one hundred years ago,
Mark Twain was quoted as
saying, “Age is an issue of
mind over matter. If you
don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
“We are apt to shut our eyes against
a painful truth and listen to
the song
of that syren, till she transforms us
into beasts... I am willing to
know
the whole truth; to know the
worst, and to provide for it.”
“To live in
the presence of great truths and
eternal laws, to be led by permanent
ideals—that is what keeps a man patient
when the world ignores him, and calm and
unspoiled when the world praises him.”
Honore De Balzac
"I had a pleasant time with
my mind today, for it was
happy."
Louise May Alcott
“[A] wise and frugal government... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” —Thomas Jefferson
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” —Samuel Adams
"One of the hardest things in life
to learn is which bridge to cross
and which bridge to burn".
Unknown
“Those gentlemen, who will
be elected senators, will fix
themselves in the federal
town, and become citizens
of that town more than
of your state.”
George Mason
“The
natural cure for an
ill-administration,
in a
popular or
representative
constitution,
is a change
of men.”
Alexander Hamilton
"Tomorrow is not promised
to anyone.”
Carol Elaine Durkin Trott
(Blog)
" People never lie so much
as after a hunt, during a
war, or before an election."
Otto von Bismarck
"[A] man whose political principles
have any decided character and
who has energy enough to give
them effect must always
expect
to encounter political hostility
from those of adverse principles."
Thomas Jefferson
War, like most other things,
is a science to be acquired
and perfected by diligence,
by perserverance, by time,
and by practice.”
“I love the
man that can smile in trouble,
that can gather strength from distress,
and grow
brave by reflection. ‘Tis the
business of
little minds to shrink; but
he whose
heart is firm, and whose
conscience
approves his conduct,
will pursue
his principles unto death.”
Thomas Paine
“Worry looks around, sorry
looks back,
Faith looks up.”
Unkown
‘The three most important
documents a free society gives are a
birth certificate, a passport, and a
library card.”
E. L. Doctorow
New York Times, March 27, 1994, p 20
“The only normal people are the
ones you don’t know very well”.
Joe Ancis
"Before a standing army can rule, the people
must be disarmed; as they are in almost
every kingdom of Europe."
Noah Webster
"There is a principle which is a bar against
all information, which is proof against all
arguments and which cannot fail to keep a
man in everlasting ignorance--that principle
is contempt prior to investigation."
William James
"Friends warm you with their presence,
trust you with their secrets, and
remember you in their prayers."
Unknown
"You simply can't make someone
love you if they don't. You must
choose someone who already loves
you. If you choose someone who
does not love you, this is the sort
of love you must want."
Israel Horovitz
Playwright/screenwriter
"A sword is never a killer,
it is a tool in the killer's
hands".
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
cira 45 AD
"The legacy of nobility...is the great
cause of all men who are friends of
liberty, of truth, of civilization."
Bonnie Prince Charlie
"It is dangerous to be right when
the government is wrong."
Voltaire
"You leave out God, and
you substitute the devil."
Winston Churchill
"Laws are made for men of ordinary
understanding and should, therefore,
be
construed by the ordinary rules
of common sense. Their meaning
is not to be
sought for in
metaphysical subtleties which
may make anything mean
everything or
nothing at pleasure.”
Thomas Jefferson
THE ANCHOR HOLDS
by The Needhams
I have journeyed,
Through the long, dark night;
Out on the open sea.
By faith alone,
Sight unknown;
And yet his eyes were watching me.
The anchor holds,
Though the ship is battered.
The anchor holds,
Though the sails are torn.
I have fallen on my knees,
As I faced the raging seas;
The anchor holds,
In spite of the storm.
I've had visions,
And I've had dreams;
I've even held them in my hand.
But I never knew,
They would slip right through;
Like they were only grains of sand.
The anchor holds,
Though the ship is battered.
The anchor holds,
Though the sails are torn.
I have fallen on my knees,
As I faced the raging seas;
The anchor holds,
In spite of the storm.
I have been young,
But I am older now.
And there has been beauty,
These eyes have seen.
But it was in the night,
Through the storms of my life;
Oh, that's where God proved his love to me.
The anchor holds,
Though the ship is battered.
The anchor holds,
Though the sails are torn.
I have fallen on my knees,
As I faced the raging seas;
The anchor holds,
In spite of the storm.
I have fallen on my knees,
As I faced the raging seas;
The anchor holds,
In spite of the storm.
“And
it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants
and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they
shall prophesy: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord
come: And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.” —Acts 2:17-21
"I can only say that I am but
a poor sinner, trusting in
Christ alone for salvation."
Robert E. Lee
"The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in
reality what we appear to be."
Socrates
"Alexander Hamilton started the U. S. Treasury
with nothing, and that was the closest our
country has ever been to being even."
Will Rogers
“He has achieved success who
has lived well, laughed often
and loved much; who has enjoyed
the trust of pure women, the
respect of intelligent men and
the love of little children; who
has filled his niche and
accomplished his task; who has
left the world better than he
found it, whether by an improved
poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued
soul; who has never lacked,
appreciation of Earth's beauty or
failed to express it; who has
always looked for the best in
others and given them the best he
had; whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction."
Bessie Anderson Stanley
"How many observe Christ's birth-day! How
few, his precepts!! O!'tis easier to keep
Holidays than Commandments."
Benjamin Franklin
"Great danger lies in the notion
that we can reason with evil."
Doug Patton
"America derives its laws from its
Constitution. It derives its values
from the Bible. We don't get
inalienable rights from the
Constitution; we get them from
God."
Dennis Prager
"I think we have more machinery
of government than is necessary,
too many parasites living on the
labor of the industrious".
Thomas Jefferson
"And can the liberties of a nation
be thought secure when we have
removed their only firm basis, a
conviction in the minds of the
people that these liberties are
the gift of God".
Thomas Jefferson
"I must go now for there go my
people, and I am their leader".
Author Unknown
"Both optimists and pessimists
contribute to our society. The
optimist invents the airplane
and the pessimist the
parachute".
Gil Stern
