Just a couple of quotes this morning that I still find interesting...and very timely!
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Ayn Rand
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Ayn Rand
Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Adlai E. Stevenson
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
John Adams
Now...how about that coffee, my friend?
15 comments:
Excellent HJ...can you make mine extra super big-time strong?
Hey Momma...you've been watching how I make my first pot of the day, haven't you?
Whatever you want, you got! One Hermit Special, coming up!
Hey, thanks for dropping by this morning, pretty lady!
HJ,
I second that remark!! Any of them.
YeOldFurt
Hey OldFurt...glad to have you come by today. Amazing, isn't it, how people from our past could have made statements so pertinent to our situastion today?
My friend, I really appreciate your visit this morning...
Here's one more you can add to that, Jim.
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
Hey Eddie...I had forgotten that one. Thanks for the reminder...
Thomas Jefferson had a lot to say that rings true to this day!
Thank you for coming by today...
Good morning my friend, had trouble getting todays blog. don't know why but here you are. Great quotes today.
I know what you meant yesterday about being careful out there camping. I will go with others
Thanks for caring
Now how about some of that great coffee Please
JoJo
As the old saying goes..."I'm not easy, but I can be had!"
Glad to know that you'll be safe when you go...do't want anything to happen to ya, at least nothing bad!
I do appreciate the visit today, especially since you had trouble getting here!
Hi JIm;
Great post-History can teach a lot if only people would listen. There ain't no free lunch.
Hey Tony...how true, how true! The hard learned lessons are the most remembered.
Thanks, my friend, for coming by today!
Interesting that 50% of the quotes were Rand. He did Shrug, Atlas, weren't it?
Hey Gygnus...yes , she was considered a very outspoken person at the time she wrote her novels...
Hey, thanks for coming by...
Great stuff, HermitJim, it's a good thing we're not all "legally disarmed" still...
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power." George Orwell, 1984
"With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word `intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be. You always dread the unfamiliar."
Fahrenheit 451
“Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.'
Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you'”
Erich Fromm
I figured you would like those also.
Thanks Jennersen...you're right! I do like those as well...
Thanks for dropping by!
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