You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order --or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.
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Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.
Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring
To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead choose from those they do not pick.
When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury.
There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.
When greed transcends rationale, morality becomes irrelevant.
I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman.
Black people are not the descendants of kings. We are__nd I say this with big pride__he progeny of slaves. If there__ any majesty in our struggle, it lies not in fairy tales but in those humble origins and the great distance we__e traveled since. Ditto for the dreams of a separate but noble past. Cosby__, and much of black America__, conservative analysis flattens history and smooths over the wrinkles that have characterized black America since its inception.
Fear mankind most when he fights with a consuming passion for what he perceives to be true." ~ Demo Cratia.