Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals. ~G.K. Chesterton
We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ~Olin Miller
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. ~Louis D. Brandeis
If only closed minds came with closed mouths. ~As seen on a button at evolvefish.com
Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations. ~David Gerrold
When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious. ~Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ~William Penn
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. ~Fyodor Dostoevski
All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
A boil is no big deal. On someone else's neck. ~Jewish Saying
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Thomas Jefferson: "Yes, yes of course, we go to war and protest going to war at the same time...."
This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. ~Lyndon B. Johnson
The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person. ~Frank Barron, Think, November-December 1962
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. ~William J. Bennett, The Book of Virtues
The law is an adroit mixture of customs that are beneficial to society, and could be followed even if no law existed, and others that are of advantage to a ruling minority, but harmful to the masses of men, and can be enforced on them only by terror. ~Peter Kropotkin, Words of a Rebel
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. ~John Muir
A married daughter with children puts you in danger of being catalogued as a first edition. ~Author Unknown
Liberal institutions straightway cease from being liberal the moment they are soundly established. ~Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888
That's baseball, and it's my game. Y' know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave 'em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. It's good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of 'em. ~Humphrey Bogart
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. ~Hosea Ballou
Home is where you hang your @. ~Author Unknown
When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. ~William Hazlitt, Table Talk
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