Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.
. . . guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.
I'm not a social friend of the Reagans. That's by their choice and by mine. They don't drink enough.
When you have a gutless Congress a lawless president can do pretty much what he chooses.
The executive branch has grown too strong, the judicial branch too arrogant and the legislative branch too stupid.
I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube, I want to walk next to you in the mountains not friend you on Facebook.
Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark our actions, good or bad, below: The immortal spies with watchful care preside, And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide: They can reward with glory or with gold, A power they by Divine permission hold.
Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands.
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.