quotes to ponder..from some of America's Past Leaders

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BJClark

Puritan Board Doctor
As I read over these quotes I can look back through history and see them come into play..

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." — John Quincy Adams


"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad." — Teddy Roosevelt

"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce." — James Garfield

"He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation." — James Garfield

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." — John Adams

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. - John Adams

"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves." — Thomas Jefferson

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." — Abraham Lincoln

"There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power." — William Harrison

wonder when we will see this one come to pass

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." — Gerald Ford

"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets." — Ronald Reagan

And they only want to subsidize more

"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them." — Ronald Reagan

As our courts continue to turn away from God

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged." — Ronald Reagan

Maybe congress needs to hear this message

"There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means." — Calvin Coolidge

"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." — Herbert Hoover

"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." — Calvin Coolidge

"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S." — James Polk

"We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement." — William Taft

"Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error." — Andrew Jackson

And we are told clinging to our Bibles and guns is a bad thing??

"Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization, and to this we must look as our guide in the future." — Ulysses S. Grant

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education." — Teddy Roosevelt

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen." — Calvin Coolidge

"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." — Dwight Eisenhower
 
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