Notable Quotes
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment
rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule
— and both commonly succeed, and are right.”
— H. L. Mencken
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.
The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.”
— Charles Kettering
The heart of Christmas isn’t the presents Santa puts under the tree,
it’s the family surrounding it. That’s Santa’s true magic.
“A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.”
— Ambrose Bierce
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people;
and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men…”
—John Adams (1776)
“Christmas stands for the opposite … we need to go out and look for opportunities to help those less fortunate than ourselves,
even if that service demands sacrifice.” (1980)
— Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
“Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality.
Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation’s civil rights history.”
— John Shimkus