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Notable Quote: Gibbon

Edward Gibbon wrote in his classic "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" of the eventual dominance of the barbarians over that epoch’s "superpower": Cold, poverty, and a life of danger and fatigue fortify the strength and courage of barbarians. In every age they have oppressed the polite and peaceful nations of China, India, and …

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Notable Quote – Sir Winston Churchill

  "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." – Winston Churchill   (H/T: John)

MY Senator John Sununu: Who does he represent?

The September 13th New Hampshire Union Leader ran a story on page A9 by Boston University Intern Kendra Gilbert covering Senator Sununu’s Tuesday remarks at an Arab American Institute luncheon. She reports he told the group Arab-Americans can bring a "personal perspective" to congressional debate. Sununu, a Lebanese-American, is the only senator of Arab descent. Huh? …

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Notable Quote: Winston Churchill

As I was sifting though some old MS Word files I had saved for future reference, I came across this fantastic and inciteful observation our pal Winston Churchill had regarding Islam: “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia …

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Notable Quotes: Abraham Lincoln

From our friends at Refdesk.com comes this Thought of the Day: "The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good. Almost every thing, especially of …

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