Thought for Today

"No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them."

~~~~~ Elie Wiesel

Thought for Today

"The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments."

~~~~~ Ludwig von Mises

Thought for Today

"Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light."

~~~~~ Ellis Peters

Thought for Today

"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

~~~~ Samuel Adams

Thought for Today

"The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it."

~~~~~ T. S. Eliot

(It appears that Obama is no exception.)

Thought for Today

"It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he can't drink for eight hours; he can't make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work."

~~~~~ William Faulkner

Thought for Today

"To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."

~~~~~ John Marshall

Thought for Today

"In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs."

~~~~~ Walter Lippmann

Thought for Today

"The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does."

~~~~~ Maurice Barres

Thought for Today

"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."

~~~~ Joseph Story