"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison [Is this not BHO’s plan – lots of ObamaCare noise but a whole lot more going on behind the scenes? – JS]
"Reflect Christ today" & "Be the Gospel" - Bob Barnes at Sheridan House. [The older I get the more I love 3 word zingers – JS]
"At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that
the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society,
groups, the state, exist for his benefit. Therefore the enlargement
of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and
abiding practice of any western society."
-- Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), US Senator, Attorney General
[Why has progressivism set this idea aside? – JS]
"That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended -- civilizations are built up -- excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong. Some fatal flaw always brings the selfish and cruel people to the top, and then it all slides back into misery and ruin. In fact, the machine conks. It seems to start up all right and runs a few yards, and then it breaks down."
-- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), British novelist
“In any museum we will find quite ordinary things - clothes, a walking stick, a pen, pieces of furniture - which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person. It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very ordinary person, but he acquires a new value and dignity and greatness because he belongs to God. The greatness of the Christian lies in the fact that he is God's.” William Barclay
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