“The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.” ImportantPresidentPiecesSecurityMilesSecureBordersBarriersConstructionLegislationPuzzlesFencePresident BushSignaturesBorder Security Author:Randy Neugebauer
“This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but all three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and then want newer, bigger, better versions.” WantImportantIdeasThreeBiggerPossessionVersionsSecureBoredTemporaryConsumerismMisconceptionUntrueOverconsumptionBigger Better Book:The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
“It seems important that the social value factor be more generally recognized as a powerful causal agent in its own right and something to be dealt with directly as such. No more critical task can be projected for the 1970s than that of seeking for civilized society a new, elevated set of value guidelines more suited to man's expanded numbers and new powers over nature, a frame of reference for value priorities that will act to secure and conserve our world instead of destroying it.” MenWorldImportantSeemsValuesSocialPowerfulNumbersTasksSeekingCriticalPrioritiesFactorsSecureAgentsCivilizedOur WorldDestroyingGuidelinesCivilized SocietyFrame Of ReferenceSocial Values Author:Roger Wolcott Sperry
“The more important point, however, is not about what the money does. It's about what has to be done to get the money. The effect of the money might be (democratically) benign. But what is done to secure that money is not necessarily benign. To miss this point is to betray the Robin Hood fallacy: the fact that the loot was distributed justly doesn't excuse the means taken to secure it.” MeanDoeImportantDoneFactsMightTakenEffectsMissingExcuseSecureBetrayHoodFallacyRobinsBenignRobin Hood Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty.” ImportantPurposeReligiousLibertyAtheismEffectsSecureSolePersecutionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateFounding Fathers ChristianSeparation Between Church And StateReligious LibertyChristian FatherReligious PersecutionChristian Persecution Author:Oliver Ellsworth