"The more things change the more they
stay the same."
- Old Saying!
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SAPIENTIAE VERBIS/WORDS of WISDOM
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1961--
"ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY"
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TODAY
"ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY; ASK WHAT YOUR COUNTRY WILL DO FOR YOU!"
Treason quotes:
Marcus Tullius Cicero regarding the danger of internal subversion. In a speech to the Roman Senate, as recorded by Sallust,
Cicero said:
"A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it
cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less
formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly against
the city. But the traitor moves among those within the gates freely, his
sly whispers rustling through all alleys, heard in the very halls of
government itself. For the traitor appears no traitor; he speaks in the
accents familiar to his victim, and he wears their face and their
garments and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of
all men. He rots the soul of a nation; he works secretly and unknown in
the night to undermine the pillars of a city; he infects the body
politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be
feared. The traitor is the plague."
Thomas Jefferson,
Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it?
Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom?
Material abundance without character is the path of destruction.
Patrick Henry,
It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and
fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.
Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving
offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my
country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which
I revere above all earthly kings. ... Are we disposed to be of the
number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not,
the things, which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my
part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the
whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. Let us not, I
beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. ... Is life so dear, or peace so
sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it,
Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death!
Lyn Nofziger,
These things I believe: That government should butt out. That
freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally
vigilant, government will take it all away. That individual freedom
demands individual responsibility. That government is not a necessary
good but an unavoidable evil. That the executive branch has grown too
strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too
stupid. That political parties have become close to meaningless. That
government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot
to take them away. That government should provide for the national
defense and work to insure domestic tranquillity. That foreign trade
should be fair rather than free. That America should be wary of foreign
entanglements. That the tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to
time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. That guns do more than
protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the
ongoing threat of government. That states are the bulwark of our
freedom. That states should have the right to secede from the Union.
That once a year we should hang someone in government as an example to
his fellows.
Ezra Pound,
Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American
sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in
Congress have the right to issue money and to determine the value
thereof. And 120 million, 120 million suckers have lamentably failed to
insist on the observation of this quite decided law. ... Now the point
at which embezzlement of the nation's funds on the part of her officers
becomes treason can probably be decided only by jurists, and not by
hand-picked judges who support illegality.
Theodore Roosevelt,
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or
that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
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