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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

Saint Theresa's Prayer

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.

American Patriot

"I am well aware of the toll and blood and treasure that it will cost
to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.
Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and
glory. I can see the end is worth more than all the means..."

      John Adams

The Stupid

"The trouble with the world is that the
stupid are cock-sure and the intelligent
are full of doubt".
                   Bertrand Russell
 

Winning

"On the battlefield of ideas,
winning requires moving toward
the sound of the guns".

  -- Newt Gingrich--
Former Speaker of the House
     of Representatives

Wisdom

"A good scare is worth more to a man
than good advice."
             Ed Howe

Irish Blessing

When I count my blessings,
I count you twice!

The Way I See It

"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.

How True

"In the middle of every
difficulty lies opportunity" 

    Albert Einstein

The Hand

“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

Age

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.”

Truth

“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.”

        Patrick Henry

Insight

“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

Pleasant Time

"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

Principles

“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

Life

"One of the hardest things in life
to learn is which bridge to cross
and which bridge to burn".
               Unknown

Senators

“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
 

An Ill-administration

“The natural cure for an
ill-administration, in a
popular or representative
constitution, is a change
of men.”

Alexander Hamilton

Tomorrow

"Tomorrow is not promised
to anyone.”
 
Carol Elaine Durkin Trott
            (Blog)

People

" People never lie so much
as after a hunt, during a
war, or before an election."   

   Otto von Bismarck

Political Principles

"[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

War, like most other things,
is a science to be acquired
and perfected by diligence,
by perserverance, by time,
and by practice.”

 Alexander Hamilton

Courage

“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

 

Faith

“Worry looks around, sorry looks back,

Faith looks up.” 

          Unkown

Patriotism

“Guard against the impostures

of pretended patriotism.”

  George Washington

Documents

‘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

Normal People

“The only normal people are the

ones you don’t know very well”.

            Joe Ancis

Disarmed

"Before a standing army can rule, the people

must be disarmed; as they are in almost

every kingdom of Europe."

                Noah Webster

A Principle

"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

"Friends warm you with their presence,
trust you with their secrets, and
remember you in their prayers."

               Unknown

Love

"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

"A sword is never a killer,
it is a tool in the killer's
hands".

Lucius Annaeus Seneca
        cira 45 AD

Nobility

"The legacy of nobility...is the great
cause of all men who are friends of
liberty, of truth, of civilization."

     Bonnie Prince Charlie

Dangerous

"It is dangerous to be right when
the government is wrong."

             Voltaire

God

"You leave out God, and
you substitute the devil."

  Winston Churchill

The Foundation

"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

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.

 

Last Days

“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

Poor Sinner

"I can only say that I am but
a poor sinner, trusting in
Christ alone for salvation."

      Robert E. Lee

With Honor

"The shortest and surest way to live
with honor in the world is to be in
reality what we appear to be."

            Socrates

U.S. Treasury

"Alexander Hamilton started the U. S. Treasury
with nothing, and that was the closest our
country has ever been to being even."

                    Will Rogers

Success

“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

Christmas

"How many observe Christ's birth-day! How
few, his precepts!! O!'tis easier to keep
Holidays than Commandments."

          Benjamin Franklin

Evil

"Great danger lies in the notion
that we can reason with evil."

           Doug Patton

Inalienable Rights

"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

Parasites

"I think we have more machinery
of government than is necessary,
too many parasites living on the
labor of the industrious".

        Thomas Jefferson

Gift of God

"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 Am Their Leader

"I must go now for there go my
people, and I am their leader".

       Author Unknown

Our Society

"Both optimists and pessimists
contribute to our society. The
optimist invents the airplane
and the pessimist the
parachute".

          Gil Stern