Today's Quotes

"Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?"
-- Will Rogers
(1879-1935) American humorist

"Beware the greedy hand of government, thrusting
itself into every corner and crevice of industry."
-- Thomas Paine, (1737-1809)

"It is the theory of all modern civilized governments
that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen;
it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise,
and sometimes very narrowly."
-- H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

"The ultimate result
of shielding men
from the effects of folly
is to fill the world with fools."
-- Herbert Spencer
(1820-1903) British author, economist, philosopher, 1891