These are some of my favorite quotes. Many of them come from America’s founding fathers, and it is remarkable how applicable their statements are today. Let me know which ones you like and which ones you love!
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly that this great nation was founded by Christians on the gospel of Jesus Christ." ~Patrick Henry, after signing the Declaration of Independence~
Too many people forget this. Yes, we do have religious freedom, but Christianity is the basis of this country. We are nothing without Jesus Christ and his blessings on this nation. Every America is free to worship however they choose, but it does not change the fact that the Bible is our foundation.
"You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one." Rush Limbaugh
This one is kinda satirical, but the point is very valid. The right to bear arms is exceptionally important to being free.
"Through blood and sacrifice we have been given the precious gift of self-rule and freedom. But because this gift was simply handed to us, we esteem it far too lightly." Glenn Beck's Common Sense
Whatever happened to the idea of fighting for our country to defend our freedoms? That glorious World War 2 generation is long gone, and the idea of war today is in a very negative light. My generation has never to really really fight for this nation, and if we don’t realize the price that must be paid, we’ll lose what we have.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." President George Washington
“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.” Ann Coulter
Like Limbaugh, Coulter is very extreme in her statements, but the idea is excellent. Mr. Obama is currently more worried about the Afghans than he is about the thousands of soldiers he sent to fight them. War is war; yes, it should be a clean as possible, but there is a price.
“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.” George Washington
GW’s quotes really need no comment. He is so pithy. Props, George.
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill
This is a very relevant topic to America today. Yes, capitalism means there are some with more wealth than others; however, socialism means that the lazy must be supported by the working.
“It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.” Millard Fillmore
I would like you all to recall President Obama’s campaign platform…
“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” Ben Franklin
Wow, Mr. Franklin, well said.
“Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.” Barry Goldwater
Perhaps we shouldn’t give the federal government all this power… they are in charge of many parts of education, transportation, and they are already on their way to controlling health care. What’s next?
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” George Orwell
We do not give enough credit to those who gave their lives for our freedoms.
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2, New International Version
Bahahahah. I knew God was conservative.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson
I got this one from Andrew Turpin, who happens to be in the Army. Thanks, dude. Hooah.
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties." Abraham Lincoln
I am personally a proponent of judicial restraint, which means that the Constitution should be taken as literally as possible. Amending it or interpreting it is a very serious matter.
“There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 % Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else." Theodore Roosevelt
There are some in this country, not to mention Michelle Obama’s name, who do not seem to proud of America. Well then get out. Nothing is making these people stay, and if they are “ashamed” or do not wish to be known as “Americans” they should probably go elsewhere.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan
I am scared to death that it will be my generation who loses this fight. When I’m a beautiful and wealthy old woman, I do not want to remember the America of my youth and how much I loved her. I want to still be free. But that will require a sacrifice from each of us, as well as the remembrance that we are so very blessed to have what we do.
"The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.” Noah Webster
Touché.