“Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is a "barbed-wire entanglement" designed to interfere with, restrict, and impede government officials in the exercise of political power.” GovernmentPoliticalLibertyOpinionRightsExerciseConstitutionLibertarianContraryOfficialsGrantsLibertarianismInterfereWirePolitical PowerCitizenryPopular OpinionGovernment OfficialsEntanglementBarbed Wire Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.” GivingDoeArtPoliticalJoySpiritLiteratureSocialPoetReaderIdealsExcuseUpliftingBoredOur TimeParadiseGrantsPreacherStorytellerIntrigueEntertainersTediousNo Excuses Book:The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer Source: The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
“I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.” KnowsSuccessLawPoliticalMethodLibertarianSecurePresidentialGrantsExecutionObnoxiousBad LawsStrict Laws Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.” MeanWarPoliticalFeltMilitarySoldierAffectionProfessionCivil WarGrantsFondnessOld Soldiers Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.” MatterStatesSchoolPoliticalReligionNationsChurchForeverAtheismSeparationContributionGrantsPublic SchoolAltarsChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateAtheisticSeparatingSeparation Between Church And StatePrivate School Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.” HumorPoliticalAsksNationsPrayerWalksWatchesPrayingSorrowComfortPromiseResolveGrantsAlmightyRemembranceMournConsolePolitical HumorAlmighty GodNational Day Of Prayer Author:George W. Bush