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Ronald Reagan
Guardian (London, 14 June 1989)
Category Archives: Quote of the Day
Quote of the day–Samuel Goldwyn
A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
Samuel Goldwyn
Quote of the day–Ann Landers
No one has the right to destroy another person’s belief by demanding empirical evidence.
Ann Landers
Nationally syndicated advice columnist and Director of Handgun Control, Inc.
[I would claim than in matters that adversely affect other people one has the obligation to demand empirical evidence. But so many moonbats agree with Landers philosophy that it is rather depressing at times. — Joe]
Quote of the day–James Gordon
Who you should really fear, hasn’t visited you yet.
James Gordon
December 16, 1998
Referring to Microsoft Gun Club visiting Microsoft business competitors.
Quote of the day–Hollander & Wilson
It would appear that socialism really works under some circumstances. Karl Marx just had the wrong species.
Hollander & Wilson
Journey to the Ants (1994)
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
We heard the Feds recently insisting that those are not black helicopters, they are dark green. Sorry about that.
Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 5, No. 2
February 1997
Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton
You’ve just dumped a scumbag. Don’t put your gun away. You scan the area. Jackals and lions travel in packs. You probably will never be involved in another shooting in your entire life. This is it! Make the most of it. This is a target rich environment. See if there is someone else that needs to be shot.
Greg Hamilton
Self Defense Instructor
Nov. 19, 1995
Quote of the day–Sidney Hook
Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written for themselves an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.
Sidney Hook
American Philosopher
Quote of the day–Bertrand Russell
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.
Bertrand Russell
Quote of the day–Jeff Cooper
More than two thousand years ago Aristotle opined that most of the human race has essentially the soul of a slave. A recent Associated Press poll recorded that fifty-four percent of those questioned seemed willing to trade liberty for security. The sad fact is that one cannot trade the one for the other. You can surrender your liberty, but what you get in turn is never a significant increase in your security. There are those in Israel who feel that they would like to trade “land for peace.” That will not work either.
Jeff Cooper
From Jeff Cooper’s Commentaries
Vol. 3, No. 7
16 May 1995
Quote of the day–James Bovard
Gun bans don’t ban guns; rather, they only ban citizens from legally defending themselves with guns.
James Bovard
Lost Rights
ISBN 0-312-12333-7
Copyright 1994, 1995
Quote of the day–Adolf Hitler
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.
Adolph Hitler
Quote of the day–Mohandas K. Gandhi
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
(1869-1948), Indian political and spiritual leader.
Non-Violence in Peace and War, vol. 2, ch. 150 (1949).
Quote of the day–Doug Huffman
We have a legal system, not a “justice” system.
Doug Huffman
September 8, 2005 9:27 PM
[Lots of other people have said this too. I am unable to determine the originator of the phrase. — Joe]
Quote of the day–Steven A. Sliver
You will see I simply believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And in today’s world of expanding, pervasive and all-powerful government, that makes me an extremist.
Steven A. Sliver
The Liberty Pole
May 1998 Volume V. No. 2
The Lawyer’s Second Amendment Society
Quote of the day–James Bovard
The creeping political repeal of the right to self-defense is a huge decrease in the modern American’s liberty because the government has completely failed to fill the void. The government has stripped millions of people of their right to own weapons–yet generally left them free to be robbed, raped, and murdered. Gun bans are one of the best cases of laws that corner private citizens–forcing them either to put themselves into danger or to be a lawbreaker.
James Bovard
Lost Rights
ISBN 0-312-12333-7
Copyright 1994, 1995
Quote of the day–Andrew M. Cuomo
They are not on the side of the patriots. They are on the side of the criminals.
Andrew M. Cuomo
Housing Secretary
July 27, 2000
Regarding gun manufactures advertisements claiming they were supporting American values by manufacturing and selling firearms.
From: http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/072800nra-guns.html
[A reminder of how far we have come in the past five years. — Joe]
Quote of the day–Henry David Thoreau
As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist.
Journals (1906), entry in 1850.
Quote of the day–Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thoughts in clear form.
Albert Einstein
Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton
As for the “I don’t shoot that kind of game because I don’t want to learn bad tactics” crowd, I think that is an over used excuse by people that can’t win. Shooting IPSC or IDPA won’t make you a bad tactician. Being a bad tactician will make you one! Most of the people that complain about tactics wouldn’t know a tactic if it hit them in the ass.
Tactics are making the most out of the situation with the resources at hand. Every time you “game” a stage you are engaging in tactical thinking. They just might not be the right tactics for a gunfight.
Greg Hamilton
11/11/2001
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