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"Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government."

– Milton Friedman

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

– Pericles

"Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm."

– Ralph Waldo Emerson​

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"

– Barry Goldwater

"We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly."

– Benjamin Franklin​

On Feb. 25, 1836, a patent was issued to Samuel Colt for the first practical revolving-cylinder firearm.

"Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions."
– Arthur Conan Doyle​

"You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks."

– Winston Churchill

"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill."

– Wilbur Wright​

On Feb. 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third president of the United States following a contentious campaign against incumbent President John Adams.

"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem." – Thomas Jefferson
(I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.)​

It’s a good thing Trump replaced both of them in 2016 and 2024.

"The Americans are the first people whom heaven has favoured with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing forms of government under which they should live."

– John Jay​

"Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!"

– Sam Adams

"Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings."

– Ludwig von Mises​

"Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower​

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way."

– Viktor Frankl

"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."

– Milton Friedman​

On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as president of the United States by the Electoral College. He was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
– George Washi​ngton

"The contest, for ages, has been to rescue Liberty from the grasp of executive power."

– Daniel Webster​

"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."

– Mark Twain​

"Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power—power sufficient to interfere with property."

– John Dalberg-Acton, Lord Acton

"Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government."

– Milton Friedman​

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven astronauts were killed.

"The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them." – Ronald Reagan​

"The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right."

– James Madison​

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Liberty is not provided by government. Liberty pre-exists government."

– Don Willett​

Stop treating like a child! The name of this organization tells me you think of me like a kid!

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."

– G.K. Chesterton

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!" – P.J. O'Rourke​

"Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood."

– William Howard Taft​

"Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny." – Edmund Burke​