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"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' " Ronald Reagan
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." John F. Kennedy
"Americans have no commission from God to police the world." Benjamin Franklin
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." Booker T. Washington
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt." Herbert Hoover
"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." James Madison
And finally...
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein
Happy New Year everyone!
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3 comments:
Great quotes...I like them.
...good post Treesong,i like 'em too...notice how prophetic they were/are ?...still amazes me...
Amazing that two of the nine were Albert..(or not!)
And what of Madison's prophetic one?!?
I guess 'the people' don't see; thus what 'they' fear is... well, "We the people" don't seem to be "they" anymore, do we/they...
Hell, I'm confused !
Guess what i'm saying is, the power is still ours, but too many don't see it as so, so having become the 99%...
Good post, treesong...
Cygnus
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