INSIGHT
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” —Frederic Bastiat
“We have tried to apply common sense to our pollution problems… There are three kinds of pollution today: real, hysterical, and political.” —Ronald Reagan
“No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes the Scripture.” —Learned Hand
“Democracies are most commonly corrupted by the insolence of demagogues.” —Aristotle
“Never walk up behind a mule unless you are tired of the life you are living.” —R. Lewis Bowman
UPRIGHT
“Al-Qaida, and its associates and sympathizers throughout the Islamic world and beyond, understand very well what is at stake in Iraq and Afghanistan—and what a glorious opportunity an American defeat there would give them. Do we?” —Paul Greenberg “What was lost in Vietnam was not just a war but American credibility… And, as Iran reminds us, the enduring legacy of the retreat from Vietnam was the emboldening of other enemies.” —Mark Steyn
“Illegals are responsible for an estimated 1,800 to 2,500 murders each year in the United States… At the lowest estimate, every two years illegals murder almost as many Americans as jihadists in Iraq have killed in the entire war. Instead of bringing the troops home, how about sending the illegals home?” —Don Feder “It’s bad enough that so many non-citizens freely break this country’s duly enacted laws. But when they feel that they can break our laws openly and without consequence, they have to go. Or all respect for the law will go.” —Debra Saunders
“Did you know that when a patient is diagnosed with cancer in the United States, it takes an average of four weeks to begin treatment? It’s 10 months in the United Kingdom. It’s called ‘rationing of care.’ That’s what you get with national health care. When government rations the care, that means bureaucrats are making medical decisions.” —Sen. Tom Coburn
“According to the Statesman, the blogger who ‘outed’ [Sen. Larry] Craig did so in order to ‘nail a hypocritical Republican foe of gay rights.’ But there is nothing hypocritical about someone who is homosexual, believes homosexuality is wrong, and keeps his homosexuality under wraps. To the contrary, he is acting consistent with his beliefs. If he has furtive encounters in men’s rooms, that is an act of weakness, not hypocrisy.” —James Taranto
POLITICS AND PARTIES
“Let me now… warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the Spirit of Party generally… A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.” —George Washington
THE DEMO-GOGUES
On the outgoing Attorney General: “Alberto Gonzales was never the right man for this job. He lacked independence, he lacked judgment, and he lacked the spine to say no to Karl Rove. This resignation is not the end of the story. Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House.” —Sen. Harry Reid “It is a sad day when the attorney general of the United States resigns amid a cloud of suspicion that the system of justice has been manipulated for political purposes.” —Rep. John Conyers “Better late than never.” —John Edwards “It’s about time… Gonzales now joins a long list of Republican officials resigning under a cloud of scandal, but these resignations cannot purge the Bush administration of its problems. The true problem rests with the Bush White House itself, which continues to put what’s best for the Republican Party ahead of what’s best for America.” —Howard Dean **Of course, Demos have NEVER done such a thing!
What would happen if we were hit again by terrorists?: “That will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world, and so I think I’m the best of the Democrats to deal with that as well.” —Hillary Clinton, putting America first
GOP White Flag: “I said to the president… ‘Here is an option. You can initiate a first withdrawal. You pick the number, Mr. President.’ And it would send a signal to the Iraqi government that matches your words. His words being, ‘We’re not going to be there forever’.” —RINO Sen. John Warner who wants U.S. troops to start coming home from Iraq by Christmas
It’s all politics, baby: “If we become preoccupied with an impeachment process, I think we could turn off an awful lot of people who might otherwise be willing to support Democrats and be willing to change the direction of the country in the fall of 2008.” —Demo Presidential candidate Chris Dodd
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