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I love the study of U.S. and world history along with the people that chartered the way. I thought it would be neat to see what other forum members like in the way of famous quotes or ideas from famous people. I'll start it off with one of my favorite quotes from my favorite founding father, Thomas Jefferson.
"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
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Re: Famous Quotes
"Socialism is the redistribution of poverty."
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It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell
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Margaret Thatcher: "The trouble with Socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people's money."
"When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both." - James Dale Davidson, National Taxpayers Union
"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." – Tacitus
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The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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Duty,Honor,Country those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be,what you can be, what you will be. They are your ralling points to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith,to create hope when hope has become forlorn.
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Through defensive violence will alway's be 'sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principal, it would be still more unfortunant if wrongdoers should dominate just men.
St. Augustine
No possible rapidy of fire can atone for habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.
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"One of the prize possessions of manhood since our forefathers first settled America always has been the gun. This attitude toward firearms has become an historic tradition in the United States. It represents a priceless freedom won by our forefathers which few other nations enjoy. So strong was their conviction about the right of reputable citizens to own and use firearms for lawful purposes that they amended our original Constitution to provide that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' That right is a foundation stone of American liberty. We owe it to our ancestors to preserve unimpaired that right which they have delivered to our care. We owe it to future generations that their inheritance not be destroyed. Let's act now to make certain that Americans always will have the freedoms, the values, and the pleasures signified by a man and his gun." American Rifleman editorial, March 1959
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"If America would be great, it must first be good." Alexis DeTocqueville.
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This is my ABSOLUTE all time favorite... and it should be the motto of everyone defending our 2nd Amendment
"If ye love wealth better than liberty,
the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom,
go home from us in peace.
We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.
May your chains set lightly upon you,
and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
Quote by:
Samuel Adams; known as the "Father of the American Revolution" August 1, 1776 Philidelphia State House
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