thestatedtruth.com | September 1, 2010
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned – this is the sum of good government. – Thomas Jefferson, Writings, 1743-1826 I predict future happiness for Americans if they [...]
thestatedtruth.com | August 23, 2010
Milton Friedman: “The most efficient way of spending money is to spend your own, and the least efficient way is to spend other people’s”…“If you go out to lunch and have to pay your own bill, you have what you can afford. If someone else is paying, you may just have the steak and lobster.”.
thestatedtruth.com | August 18, 2010
When pondering new stimulus and home ownership plans that are subsidized entirely on the backs of the population or future generations, consider this prescient quotable: “The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville (1800’s French historican)– www.ingerletter.com
thestatedtruth.com | February 1, 2010
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” – Alexander Hamilton
thestatedtruth.com | January 1, 2010
“Be at war with your Vices, at peace with your Neighbors, and let every New Year find you a Better Man.” Benjamin Franklin
thestatedtruth.com | December 15, 2009
Tidbit from History From The Turner Radio Network Does the statement, ‘We’ve always done it like that’ ring any bells? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English [...]
thestatedtruth.com | December 3, 2009
“The long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.” — Keynes
thestatedtruth.com | November 8, 2009
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. George Washington
thestatedtruth.com | October 13, 2009
October 13, 1792 White House Cornerstone Laid The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the [...]
thestatedtruth.com | September 27, 2009
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington
thestatedtruth.com | September 24, 2009
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” Abraham Lincoln
thestatedtruth.com | September 23, 2009
”I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.” – Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) 7th US President
thestatedtruth.com | August 30, 2009
”These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people” Abraham Lincoln Old Abe must have been talking about our banks…………
thestatedtruth.com | August 10, 2009
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. ……Abraham Lincoln
thestatedtruth.com | August 5, 2009
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money. –Margaret Thatcher
thestatedtruth.com | July 21, 2009
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” –Thomas Jefferson
thestatedtruth.com | July 15, 2009
“SOCIALISM is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. It’s inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” Sir Winston Churchill
thestatedtruth.com | June 20, 2009
”If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” ……Isaac Newton
thestatedtruth.com | June 18, 2009
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” –Fredrick Douglass, August 4, 1857