The First Amendment was written so that citizens are able to protect
themselves from the government, not so that the government can protect
itself from the people. -- Congressman Jeff Flake
Monday, January 31, 2022
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Fortune Quote #3474
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must
certainly work for all they get. -- Frederick Douglass
certainly work for all they get. -- Frederick Douglass
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Fortune Quote #3473
If that turns out to be true, I'll quit physics. -- Max von Laue,
Nobel Laureate 1914, of de Broglie's thesis on electrons having
wave properties.
Nobel Laureate 1914, of de Broglie's thesis on electrons having
wave properties.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Fortune Quote #3472
I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum
mechanics. -- Richard Feynman
mechanics. -- Richard Feynman
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Fortune Quote #3471
Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood a single
word. -- Niels Bohr
word. -- Niels Bohr
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Fortune Quote #3470
I do not like it, and I am sorry I ever had anything to do with
it. -- Erwin Schr÷dinger, speaking of quantum mechanics
it. -- Erwin Schr÷dinger, speaking of quantum mechanics
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Fortune Quote #3469
God does not play dice with the universe. -- Albert Einstein Who
are you to tell God what to do? -- response by Niels Bohr
are you to tell God what to do? -- response by Niels Bohr
Monday, January 24, 2022
Fortune Quote #3468
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set
the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can
be done. -- Isaac Newton
the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can
be done. -- Isaac Newton
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Fortune Quote #3467
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not
to deserve them. -- Mark Twain
to deserve them. -- Mark Twain
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Fortune Quote #3466
We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with
nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and
a presumption that once our eyes watered. -- Tom Stoppard
nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and
a presumption that once our eyes watered. -- Tom Stoppard
Friday, January 21, 2022
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Fortune Quote #3464
What is a moderate interpretation of (the Constitution)? Halfway between
what it says and halfway between what you want it to say? --
Justice Antonin Scalia
what it says and halfway between what you want it to say? --
Justice Antonin Scalia
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Fortune Quote #3463
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can
purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. -- Pope John Paul
II
purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. -- Pope John Paul
II
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Fortune Quote #3462
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be
constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. -- Pope John Paul
II
constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. -- Pope John Paul
II
Monday, January 17, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Fortune Quote #3459
Stupidity is also a gift from God, but one mustn't misuse it. --
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Friday, January 14, 2022
Fortune Quote #3458
Abortion is repugnant and evil. Can you imagine a politician stepping
forward and (with much hand-wringing) asserting that he finds
rape "undesirable" and that he does not "celebrate" its practice, but that
he will not stop defending legislation that permits it? Such a politician
would rightly be ridden out of town on a rail. -- Father Thomas
Williams, Vatican Analyst
forward and (with much hand-wringing) asserting that he finds
rape "undesirable" and that he does not "celebrate" its practice, but that
he will not stop defending legislation that permits it? Such a politician
would rightly be ridden out of town on a rail. -- Father Thomas
Williams, Vatican Analyst
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Fortune Quote #3457
Just as you don't have the polytheistic wing of Islam or the seal-clubbing
wing of Greenpeace, you don't have the pro-abortion wing of the Catholic
Church. Certain non-negotiable moral standards define Catholicism just as
surely as doctrinal beliefs do. We all advocate a big tent, but it can
stretch only so far until it rips asunder. -- Father Thomas
Williams, Vatican Analyst
wing of Greenpeace, you don't have the pro-abortion wing of the Catholic
Church. Certain non-negotiable moral standards define Catholicism just as
surely as doctrinal beliefs do. We all advocate a big tent, but it can
stretch only so far until it rips asunder. -- Father Thomas
Williams, Vatican Analyst
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Fortune Quote #3456
Stenberg v. Carhart has to be the cruelest decision rendered by the
Supreme Court of the United States since Dred Scott. Indeed, it is
crueler, for in his infamous decision and provocation in 1857, Chief
Justice Taney never denied that Negro slaves were persons; he asserted only
that they were not and could never be citizens.... But under current law,
the unborn aren't even persons. If slaves were but property, the unborn
are... nothing. No state legislature, no popular referendum, nothing can
protect them from the most gruesome or painful of deaths. So it is
written---in Stenberg v. Carhart. -- Paul Greenberg
Supreme Court of the United States since Dred Scott. Indeed, it is
crueler, for in his infamous decision and provocation in 1857, Chief
Justice Taney never denied that Negro slaves were persons; he asserted only
that they were not and could never be citizens.... But under current law,
the unborn aren't even persons. If slaves were but property, the unborn
are... nothing. No state legislature, no popular referendum, nothing can
protect them from the most gruesome or painful of deaths. So it is
written---in Stenberg v. Carhart. -- Paul Greenberg
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Fortune Quote #3455
The murder of a slave was still considered murder in the antebellum South;
today the killing of the unborn is a constitutional right. We definitely
have come a long way. Because by now we're looking up that slippery
slope. -- Paul Greenberg
today the killing of the unborn is a constitutional right. We definitely
have come a long way. Because by now we're looking up that slippery
slope. -- Paul Greenberg
Monday, January 10, 2022
Fortune Quote #3454
The one common denominator of abortionists seems to be their bloodless,
latinate vocabulary when under oath. (They "disarticulate the calvarium"
rather then cut off the baby's head.) -- Paul Greenberg
latinate vocabulary when under oath. (They "disarticulate the calvarium"
rather then cut off the baby's head.) -- Paul Greenberg
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Fortune Quote #3453
...nothing is less settled than law when it runs head-on into reality. You
can bet something will bend, and it won't be reality. -- Paul
Greenberg
can bet something will bend, and it won't be reality. -- Paul
Greenberg
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Fortune Quote #3452
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be
maintained without religion... Reason and experience both forbid us to
expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious
principles. -- George Washington, Farewell Address
maintained without religion... Reason and experience both forbid us to
expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious
principles. -- George Washington, Farewell Address
Friday, January 7, 2022
Fortune Quote #3451
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal
and awful monument to prove that the best institutions may be abused by
human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances, be made
subservient to the vilest of purposes. -- George Washington
and awful monument to prove that the best institutions may be abused by
human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances, be made
subservient to the vilest of purposes. -- George Washington
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Fortune Quote #3450
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. It
is impossible to account for the creation of the universe, without the
agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe without
the aid of a Supreme Being. -- attributed to George Washington
is impossible to account for the creation of the universe, without the
agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the universe without
the aid of a Supreme Being. -- attributed to George Washington
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Fortune Quote #3449
Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judical
decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the
heartless. -- Marting Luther King, Jr.
decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the
heartless. -- Marting Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Fortune Quote #3448
Whatever proportions these crimes [of the Nazi doctors] finally assumed,
it became evident... that they had started from small beginnings.... It
started with the acceptance of the attitude... that there is such a thing
as a life not worthy to be lived. This attitude in its early stages
concerned itself merely with the severely and chronically sick. Gradually
the sphere of those to be included in this category was enlarged to
encompass the socially unproductive, the ideologically unwanted, the
racially unwanted and finally all non-Germans. -- Leo Alexander,
consultant at the Nuremberg Trials
it became evident... that they had started from small beginnings.... It
started with the acceptance of the attitude... that there is such a thing
as a life not worthy to be lived. This attitude in its early stages
concerned itself merely with the severely and chronically sick. Gradually
the sphere of those to be included in this category was enlarged to
encompass the socially unproductive, the ideologically unwanted, the
racially unwanted and finally all non-Germans. -- Leo Alexander,
consultant at the Nuremberg Trials
Monday, January 3, 2022
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Saturday, January 1, 2022
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