Ben Franklin - Quote of the week
I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.
Benjamin Franklin
Declaration of Independence - Quote of the week
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
The closing of The Declaration of Independence — July 4, 1776.
Upton Sinclar _ Quote of the week
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclar
Winston Churchill – Quote of the week
The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients is coming to a close. We are entering an era of consequences.
Winston Churchill
Edmund Burke – Quote of the week
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797), was a British Statesman and Philosopher who is generally viewed as the philosophical founder of modern political conservatism.
Garth Brooks – Quote of the week
I’d rather have nothin’ than a whole lot of somethin’ I don’t need!
Bridge from a Garth Brooks song – Proverb for Federal debt reduction.
Statue of Liberty - Quote of the week
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Inscription of the Stature of Liberty
According to Wikipedia, the bronze plaque, located in the Statue of liberty exhibit on the second floor of the pedestal, is inscribed with the sonnet "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. It has never been engraved on the exterior of the pedestal, despite such depictions in editorial cartoons.[83] The first two lines refer to the ancient Colossus of Rhodes. The bronze plaque in the pedestal contains a typographical error: the comma in "Keep, ancient lands" is missing, causing that line to read "'Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she", and noticeably altering its meaning. The name "Mother of Exiles" was never taken up as the statue's name.
Anonymous - Quote of the week
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
anonymous
Will Rogers - Quote of the week
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? |