“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.â€
Winston Churchill, British Statesman who served as United Kingdom Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force."
Martin Luther King, from “I Have a Dream†speech at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, Washington, D.C.
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.â€
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.
Harry Browne, American libertarian writer, politician and free-market analyst.
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.â€
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
“To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.â€
James Madison, Fourth President of the United States and “Father of the Constitutionâ€
PS: “chimerical†= wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic
Happy New Year to everyone in the blogosphere! Now is a great time to count our blessings and look forward with eager anticipation to the year ahead.
I am most grateful for my wife and family, my God and faith, my employment and professional opportunity, and the freedoms we enjoy in this great country. And also – being able to post this little article from my iPhone while sitting in an airport.
I look forward to completion of the Oracle/Sun merger, the upcoming marriage of one of my sons, the return of another son from two years in Croatia, teaching my daughter how to drive, and other exciting professional and family opportunities.
It is going to be a great year!
The following “Ten Cannots†are often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. William John Henry Boetcker (1873–1962), American religious leader and influential public speaker. From a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots. Originally published in 1916.
Debt beyond one’s ability to pay is a mechanism of slavery and oppression, not freedom. The huge US national debt, particularly that held by foreign powers, represents a surrender of national freedom and sovereignty to those who hold that debt. The rate at which the US national debt is increasing has gone beyond alarming. This little video provides a new way to look at that extraordinary rate of increase.
