Conservatisms

"Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his."
-- George S. Patton

"Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."
-- Ronald Reagan

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
-- Albert Einstein

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
-- Edmund Burke

"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
-- Ronald Reagan

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."
-- Edmund Burke

"History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
-- Ronald Reagan

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
-- Albert Einstein

"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."
-- Albert Einstein

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for."
-- Will Rogers

"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat."
-- Will Rogers

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."
-- Will Rogers

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
-- Will Rogers

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
-- Ronald Reagan