Vince Pinto Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding” ~ Louis D. Brandeis ~ As I'm sure you folks will realise, this quote can be applied to many prominent people in our various societies, not least of all those who favour gun control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 "Political tags—such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth—are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.” - Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 "I'll not be wronged, I'll not be insulted, and I'll not be laid a'hand on. I don't do these things to others and I require the same from them." The Duke in 'The Shootists" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 "This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother" William Shakespeare from Henry V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakal Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 The way of the warrior is the resolute acceptance of death. Book of Five Rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 "The worst thing about living in the declining era of a great civilization, is knowing that you are." Robert A. Heinlein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyrelic Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 I learned this in college some 45 years ago, but don't remember the author. Can anyone attribute this saying? "He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man; follow him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child; teach him. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool; shun him. Thanks, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Therefore having and not having arise together. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short contrast each other; High and low rest upon each other; Voice and sound harmonize each other; Front and back follow one another. Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking. The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease, Creating, yet not possessing, Working, yet not taking credit. Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 You guys are just way too deep for me. Hurts my head reading all these splediferous quotes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Too many to choose from... "This is the law; The purpose of fighting is to win; There is no possible victory in defense, The sword is more important that the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." -- John Steinbeck No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. -- Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game I beg leave to remind the {Cavalry} Board that very few people have ever been killed with the bayonet or sabre, but the fear of having their guts explored with cold steel in the hands of battle maddened men has won many a fight. -- General George S. Patton, Jr. If you would not confront your neighbor and demand his money at the point of a gun to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, you should not allow the government to do it for you. -- William E. Simon "Find out just what the people will submit to and you will have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass And on the lighter side: "On Mars there are 3 simple rules: 1 Everything is property. 2 A piece of property can have only one owner 3 The owner has absolute power over his property. There will be no voting, no taxes, no outside authority. Vroman Industries recognizes no govt on any planet. I can imagine `Owner' being a Martian honorific, `how do you do, Owner Vroman?' `Fine thank you, Owner Potter.' If the UN clowns build a base somewhere, fine let them hunt for dead bugs or pretty rocks or spooky face hills or whatever space-socialists think is important. If they come over to complain about how we're dynamiting pristine rock formations to make way for Martian highways, they'll get a nail gun bolt in the ass." -- Vroman, Frontierists Mailing List SJ who has way too many quotes saved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run n Gun Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Like SJ, there are simply too many good quotes to choose from. In another thread I posted MANY of my favorites, but here’s a couple more that kind of stick in my head: If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say; here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. - Martin Luther King, Jr "You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free." - Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (1857-1938). Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. (Havelock Ellis) What is the worth of anything but for the happiness 'twill bring? (R.O. Cambridge) There are two great tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. (George Bernard Shaw) What care I for my house and my land? What care I for my money, O? What care I for my new-wedded lord? I'm off with the wraggle-taggle gipsies, O. (Anonymous) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 "A sore head is better than dead." -Wyatt Earp, on the utility of the two by four in law enforcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guninhand Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 Ex ungue leonem. By his claw(you may know) the lion. Latin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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