Notable Quotes


“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” 

— Plato

 

 

“It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.”

— Marcel Proust

 

 

“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward.
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary.”

—Nathan Hale

 

 

“Hunting dogs are very smart. They can learn to pursue any quarry.
What we need to do is train hunting dogs to sniff out virtue, integrity, firm character, worthy principles, and good leadership.
Then put the dogs on the campaign trail.”

— P.J. O’Rourke

 

 

“… I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl,
where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.”

— John Breaux

 

 

“In times of change learners inherit the earth;
while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

– Eric Hoffer

 

 

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

— Frank Lloyd Wright

 

 

“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power.
A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.” 

— Alexander Hamilton

 

 

“Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes.
That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.”

— Thomas Sowell

 

 

“Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.”

— Patrick Henry

 

 

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year.
It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.
Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions.
Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.”

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

 

“I learnd long ago, never to wrestle with a pig.
You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.”

— George Bernard Shaw