Notable Quote – Edmund Burke

“Men are qualified for liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites,—in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity — in proportion as their soundness and sobriety and understanding is above their vanity and presumption — in proportion as they are more disposed to listen … Read more

Quote of the Day

From Ace: ‘Obama has three aspects which make the path of the tyrant likely: 1. He has a monstrous narcissism and actively encourages a pseud-religious passion in his followers. 2. He’s a socialist, and therefore believes in the totalizing power of government and politics. 3. He’s incompetent, and therefore can never solve a crisis and … Read more

Notable Quote – Jonah Goldberg

From Today’s G- File Anyway, the interesting thing about the sequester is how it exposes the shallowness of his (Obama’s) moral-equivalent-of-war rhetoric (or, if you prefer, his equally ridiculous elision of “community” or “family” with “government”). When military units have a hardship, they make do. When communities come up short of money, everyone pitches in. … Read more

Notable Quote – C.S.Lewis

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good … Read more

Scared Shurtleff

Deputy Dawg Stephen Shurtleff, the same who wants to limit our ability to defend ourselves against bad guys, appears happy to let drunks aim their cars at us. House Bill 496 would restore ‘limited driving privileges for eligible first-time DWI offenders to facilitate employment, rehabilitation, and medical treatment.’  

Pull!

H/T The Looking Spoon

Notable Quote – Ann Althouse

On the idea that if the imagery is embraced and used by Progressives, why can’t we who are Pro-Life do the same? Biden actually said: “There is nothing that has pricked the consciousness of the American people (and) there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the image people … Read more

Andrew Hemingway for NH GOP Chair

Last week, Granite Grok endorsed Andrew Hemingway for NH GOP Chair (vote to take place at the NH GOP annual meeting on January 26th, 2013).  After hearing Andrew speak over the past couple months, listening to his qualifications and plans for success, I was happy that we did. During the campaign for the 2012 elections, I felt that the … Read more

Notable Quote – George Will

 And these [natural] rights are the foundation of limited government – government defined by the limited goal of securing those rights so that individuals may flourish in their free and responsible exercise of those rights. A government thus limited is not in the business of imposing its opinions about what happiness or excellence the citizens … Read more

Notable Quote – George Washington

“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.” – George Washington, first President of the United States

Notable Quote – George Washington

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington, first President of the United States

Notable Quote – Thomas Jefferson

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” -Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father   (Er, that would be OUR Government)

Notable Quote – F. A. Hayek

Wherever liberty as we understand it has been destroyed, this has almost always been done in the name of some new freedom promised to the people.

– F. A. Hayek, the Road to Serfdom

 

Certainly, Progressives believe that they have new “freedom not to be bankrupted from illness” with Obamacare – but are destroying the First Amendment Right to expression of religion (the HHS mandate, and opposed to Obama’s “freedom of worship”)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

and making others indentured servants to pay for it:

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Notable Quote – Abraham Lincoln

Note – the real reason for the Second Amendment: “We, the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the Constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America

Notable Quote – Dr. Larry Arrn

Imprimis – On Progressivism and the despotism it will bring: The experts who run the modern bureaucratic state think they are architects of a perfectly rational society. They think of themselves as scientists, and of the running of government as something more like science—the science of administration—than politics. They think they can coordinate society comprehensively … Read more

Notable Quote – Robert Heinlein

“The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.”  – Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction author   “…those who want people to be controlled” – Those that wish to oblige them? They be called “Progressives”

Notable Quote – F. A. Hayek

From his “Road to Serfdom”: Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis of unfavorable comparisons with elsewhere, the knowledge of possible alternatives to the course actually taken, information which might suggest failure on the part of the government to live … Read more

Notable Quote – Adam Smith

The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what … Read more

Notable Quote – Thomas Paine

Another thought worth remembering; Thomas Paine wrote in his Revolutionary pamphlet, The American Crisis: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” … Read more

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