Since the Berlin Wall fell, the U.S. government has saved hundreds of
billions of dollars in reduced defense allocations. In purely economic
terms, economist Larry Lindsey says, Reagan's military buildup produced
a "fantastic payoff"; it was the best investment the U.S. government ever
made. -- Dinesh D'Souza
Monday, February 28, 2022
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Fortune Quote #3502
Sam Donaldson, to Ronald Reagan, 1982: "Mr. President, in talking about
the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the
past and you've blamed the Congress. Does any of the blame belong to
you?" Ronald Reagan: "Yes. Because for many years I was a Democrat."
the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the
past and you've blamed the Congress. Does any of the blame belong to
you?" Ronald Reagan: "Yes. Because for many years I was a Democrat."
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Fortune Quote #3501
I did not come here to balance the budget; not at the expense of my
tax-cutting program and my defense program. -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
tax-cutting program and my defense program. -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
Friday, February 25, 2022
Fortune Quote #3500
It is a paradoxical truth that the tax rates are too high today and tax
revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long
run is to cut taxes now. The purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur
a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy
which can bring a budget surplus. -- John F. Kennedy, 1962
revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long
run is to cut taxes now. The purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur
a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy
which can bring a budget surplus. -- John F. Kennedy, 1962
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Fortune Quote #3498
The private sector is the productive sector because there are economic
incentives for providing consumers with goods and services they want....
[but] most government employees remain employed not because anyone wants
their services, but because their jobs are mandated to exist by virtue of a
law enacted by politicians who do not have to actually bear the costs of
the law. -- Mark W. Smith
incentives for providing consumers with goods and services they want....
[but] most government employees remain employed not because anyone wants
their services, but because their jobs are mandated to exist by virtue of a
law enacted by politicians who do not have to actually bear the costs of
the law. -- Mark W. Smith
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Fortune Quote #3497
Man either accepts the idea that the Creator is the endower of rights, or
he submits to the idea that the state is the endower of rights. I can
think of no other alternative. -- Leonard Read
he submits to the idea that the state is the endower of rights. I can
think of no other alternative. -- Leonard Read
Monday, February 21, 2022
Fortune Quote #3496
It's easy to talk about punishing wealthy people for their supposed
greed. But when you talk about taxing the rich, you're talking about
taxing capital. And taxing capital results in damage to more than just the
wealthy. In other words, you can't punish the wealthy without also
punishing the middle class. That's because the wealthy invest their
capital to create new jobs, most of which accrue to those not
wealthy. -- Rush Limbaugh
greed. But when you talk about taxing the rich, you're talking about
taxing capital. And taxing capital results in damage to more than just the
wealthy. In other words, you can't punish the wealthy without also
punishing the middle class. That's because the wealthy invest their
capital to create new jobs, most of which accrue to those not
wealthy. -- Rush Limbaugh
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Fortune Quote #3495
Western civilization is history's greatest achievement. Of course it
makes mistakes, and gets things wrong. But it has a self-correcting
mechanism -- democracy -- that no other civilization can match. All
civilizations had slavery, but it was Western civilization that said this
was wrong and abolished slavery. All civilizations treated women badly,
but it was Western civilization that said this was wrong, and set a course
toward change. -- Herb Meyer, former CIA official
makes mistakes, and gets things wrong. But it has a self-correcting
mechanism -- democracy -- that no other civilization can match. All
civilizations had slavery, but it was Western civilization that said this
was wrong and abolished slavery. All civilizations treated women badly,
but it was Western civilization that said this was wrong, and set a course
toward change. -- Herb Meyer, former CIA official
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Fortune Quote #3494
Terrorists are created when kids are taught that suicide bombers go to
Heaven -- not when we hunt them down and kill them, sending them to their
just rewards. -- Mark W. Smith
Heaven -- not when we hunt them down and kill them, sending them to their
just rewards. -- Mark W. Smith
Friday, February 18, 2022
Fortune Quote #3493
We gave Saddam a chance, not a license. If we turn our backs on his
defiance, the credibility of the U.S. power as a check against Saddam will
be destroyed. We will not only have allowed Saddam to shatter the
inspection system that controls his weapons of mass destruction; we will
also have fatally undercut the fear of force that stops Saddam from acting
to gain domination of the region. -- Bill Clinton, 1998
defiance, the credibility of the U.S. power as a check against Saddam will
be destroyed. We will not only have allowed Saddam to shatter the
inspection system that controls his weapons of mass destruction; we will
also have fatally undercut the fear of force that stops Saddam from acting
to gain domination of the region. -- Bill Clinton, 1998
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Fortune Quote #3492
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a
shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. -- John
Adams
shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. -- John
Adams
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Fortune Quote #3491
The transparency of nature to God became something of an article of faith
in the English-speaking world after the romantic poets like Wordsworth and
Coleridge. Nature, they felt, is as good a language for spirituality as
sacred scripture. This is precisely the contribution that artistic
pursuits make to our human growth and development as inspirited flesh:
poetry and art and music seize upon the human experience in ways that
reveal new possibilities of intimacy with the Divine. In the way they
reach out and grab us by the heart at unexpected times, they reaffirm that
the Holy will meet us when it chooses, in 'pied beauty.' -- Rev.
Thomas Ryan
in the English-speaking world after the romantic poets like Wordsworth and
Coleridge. Nature, they felt, is as good a language for spirituality as
sacred scripture. This is precisely the contribution that artistic
pursuits make to our human growth and development as inspirited flesh:
poetry and art and music seize upon the human experience in ways that
reveal new possibilities of intimacy with the Divine. In the way they
reach out and grab us by the heart at unexpected times, they reaffirm that
the Holy will meet us when it chooses, in 'pied beauty.' -- Rev.
Thomas Ryan
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Fortune Quote #3490
Politicians do not have the luxury of contemplating the paradox of being.
They must make decisions, and inaction is very much a decision. --
George Friedman
They must make decisions, and inaction is very much a decision. --
George Friedman
Monday, February 14, 2022
Fortune Quote #3489
The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a
leap in consciousness, call it Intuition or what you will, the solution
comes to you and you don't know how or why. -- Albert Einstein
leap in consciousness, call it Intuition or what you will, the solution
comes to you and you don't know how or why. -- Albert Einstein
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Fortune Quote #3488
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is
united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of
love shall return to the general and eternal source. -- Tolstoy
Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is
united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of
love shall return to the general and eternal source. -- Tolstoy
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Fortune Quote #3487
The important lesson of the number pi is that it can remind all of us...
that a seemingly "unpredictable" number can nonetheless be 100 percent
replicable and reflect a complex, yet-to-be-deciphered pattern of universal
importance and application. -- Gary E. Schwartz
that a seemingly "unpredictable" number can nonetheless be 100 percent
replicable and reflect a complex, yet-to-be-deciphered pattern of universal
importance and application. -- Gary E. Schwartz
Friday, February 11, 2022
Fortune Quote #3486
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful
servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has
forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein
servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has
forgotten the gift. -- Albert Einstein
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Fortune Quote #3485
[Men are] so far from free... that, when a consistent and organized
scheme... has once been comprehended and assimilated, a different scheme is
unimaginable. No alternative... can any longer be conceived as
possible. -- William James
scheme... has once been comprehended and assimilated, a different scheme is
unimaginable. No alternative... can any longer be conceived as
possible. -- William James
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Fortune Quote #3484
"The great field for new discoveries," said a scientific friend to me the
other day, "is always the unclassified residuum." By that curious term, he
meant that around the accredited and orderly facts of every science, there
ever floats a sort of dust-cloud of exceptional observations, of
occurrences minute and irregular and seldom met with, which it always
proves more easy to ignore than to attend to. -- William James
other day, "is always the unclassified residuum." By that curious term, he
meant that around the accredited and orderly facts of every science, there
ever floats a sort of dust-cloud of exceptional observations, of
occurrences minute and irregular and seldom met with, which it always
proves more easy to ignore than to attend to. -- William James
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Fortune Quote #3483
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say
you are alone, for you are not alone; God is within, your genius is
within. -- Epictetus
you are alone, for you are not alone; God is within, your genius is
within. -- Epictetus
Monday, February 7, 2022
Fortune Quote #3482
Changing one's paradigm is not easy. Millenia passed before humankind
discovered that energy is the basis of matter. It may take a few more
years before we prove that wisdom and knowledge are the basis of---and can
actually create---energy, which in turn creates matter. -- Gerald
L. Schroeder
discovered that energy is the basis of matter. It may take a few more
years before we prove that wisdom and knowledge are the basis of---and can
actually create---energy, which in turn creates matter. -- Gerald
L. Schroeder
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Fortune Quote #3481
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is
blind. -- Albert Einstein
blind. -- Albert Einstein
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Fortune Quote #3480
I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge
the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe
as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of
science. -- Wernher von Braun
the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe
as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of
science. -- Wernher von Braun
Friday, February 4, 2022
Fortune Quote #3479
There is certainly no scientific reason why God cannot retain the same
relevance in our modern world that He held before we began probing His
creation with telescopes, cyclotrons, and space vehicles. --
Wernher von Braun
relevance in our modern world that He held before we began probing His
creation with telescopes, cyclotrons, and space vehicles. --
Wernher von Braun
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Fortune Quote #3478
...if there is one lesson we should all learn from the history of science,
it is this: The fact that an observation is replicable does not mean that
our interpretation of the observation is correct. -- Gary E.
Schwartz
it is this: The fact that an observation is replicable does not mean that
our interpretation of the observation is correct. -- Gary E.
Schwartz
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Fortune Quote #3477
I don't know what 'synchronicity' means---but it's the third time I've
heard it this week.
heard it this week.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Fortune Quote #3476
He must be very ignorant, for he answers every question he is
asked. -- Voltaire
asked. -- Voltaire
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