jigglepete (03-31-2023)
jigglepete (03-31-2023)
To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss. ― Michael Joseph Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays
Just AnotherPerson (04-01-2023)
I haven’t cut my hair in about a year. I’m considering it.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“ - Benjamin Franklin.
Cotton1 (03-30-2023)
jigglepete (03-31-2023)
Cotton1 (03-30-2023)
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams
jigglepete (03-31-2023)
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
Cotton1 (04-01-2023),jigglepete (03-31-2023)