“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” – Pericles (430 BC)
“I’ve always believed that we are, each of us, put here for a reason, that there is a divine plan for all of us.” – Ronald Reagan (1952)
“Regardless of what you choose to do in life, your level of success will be in direct proportion to how well you serve others.” ~ Patrick Calhoun
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” – Proverbs 1:7 (KJV)
“Son, fear can do one of two things to a man. Fear can get in your way and keep you from ever accomplishing anything, or you can put it behind you and let it push you forward.” – Patrick Calhoun
“My Lord He’s done just what He said; Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me. Heal the sick and raise the dead; Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me.” ~ Blind Willie Johnson
“No one can become rich without enriching others.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” ~ Theodore Isaac Rubin
We are to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” – Ephesians 5:11
“The inherent vice of capitalism is its unequal distribution of wealth; the inherent virtue of socialism is its equal distribution of poverty.” – Winston Churchill
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher
“The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.” – Napoleon
“Let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chain of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
“A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people, ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy.” – Bob Dole
“The purpose of government is to elevate the condition of men – to lift artificial weights from all shoulders – to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all – to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“The success of America is based upon three important principles: Individual Liberty, the protection of private property, and the Rule of Law. These three principles support the enterprise of an industrious and free society. Like the three legs of a stool, if one principle is weakened or removed, the society it supports will collapse.” ~ Patrick Calhoun
“The past is never dead; it is not even past” – William Faulkner
“I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.” – Patrick Henry
“You are the same today that you’ll be five years from now except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.” – Mac McMillan
“Dependence begets subservience and paves the way for tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson
“They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Of all earthly blessings, I place Liberty in the first rank, and of course, consider the obligation to defend and preserve it, as the most sacred of all our civil and social duties… It is not in the power of any single, or few individuals to preserve liberty. It can only be effected by the people themselves; by their intelligence, virtue, courage, and patriotism.” – John C. Calhoun (1833)
“Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” – Barry Goldwater during his 1964 campaign for President
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The political paradox is that conservatives, and Republicans, will only succeed in the future if we stop worshipping at the altar of power and become obedient to the power of principle.” ~ Patrick Calhoun
“When you’re on the wrong road, sometimes the most progressive man is the one who goes backwards first. As long as there are such people, hope lies in our future.” – Richard Weaver
“The greatest danger to liberty lurks in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.” – Justice Louis Brandies (1856-1941)
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” – Old Adage
“Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” – C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
“The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” – The Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of The Inferno
“Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“To live as one likes is plebeian; the noble man aspires to order and law.” – Goethe
“It is a popular delusion that government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.” ~ P.J. O’Rourke
“Life is an echo; what you send out comes back.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“America’s hope and promise does not come from a charismatic politician or some government program. America’s hope comes from ordinary individuals who go to work every day to support their families, build a business, and serve their community.” ~ Patrick Calhoun
“I meet God in the morning when the day is at its best. His presence comes like sunshine like glory in my breast. All day long his presence lingers through the worldly wrath. We travel in perfect harmony along this troubled path. I know, I know the secret based on many a challenging day. You must meet God in the morning if you want him along the way.” ~ Brigadier General Bill Lefler, 2nd Cousin