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Doomar
SFN Regular
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 Posted - 01/09/2005 : 12:03:41
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"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. 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
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Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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Doomar
SFN Regular
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 12:09:41 [Permalink]
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"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas Jefferson |
Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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Doomar
SFN Regular
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 12:12:29 [Permalink]
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson |
Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 14:07:37 [Permalink]
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"Hmmm. I think I'll buy me some slaves!"
--Thomas Jefferson (paraphrased) |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 14:36:16 [Permalink]
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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Groucho Marx
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 15:11:27 [Permalink]
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quote:
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas Jefferson
See your other quote thread for the rest of this quote and it's context Doomar....
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Doomar
SFN Regular
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 15:53:11 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dude
[quote]"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas Jefferson
See your other quote thread for the rest of this quote and it's context Doomar....
I did. Thank you, again, Dude.
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Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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tkster
Skeptic Friend
USA
193 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 17:20:03 [Permalink]
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My favorite has always been Benjamin Franklin's:
quote:
I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, it is probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings, that ‘except the Lord build the House, they labour in vain that build it.' I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 20:23:05 [Permalink]
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Ben Franklin
Seriously, Doomar, do you have a point to make with these quote threads?
Seems you did with the other one, but you're not polite enough to finish what you started. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Doomar
SFN Regular
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 07:29:28 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Ben Franklin
Seriously, Doomar, do you have a point to make with these quote threads?
Seems you did with the other one, but you're not polite enough to finish what you started.
Sorry about that, Dave. I do have a hard time responding to multiple answers. It's tedious sometimes and discouraging. I'm better with single points, so I will try to only address single points myself in the future. |
Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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Doomar
SFN Regular
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 07:33:49 [Permalink]
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My point with this thread is to note beliefs of early Americans. It is very interesting to me to read some of their writings and understand their viewpoints and try to learn from them what I can.
I have already learned a lot more about Tom Paine and Ben Franklin and Tom Jefferson. |
Mark 10:27 (NKJV) 27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2005 : 08:17:47 [Permalink]
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I don't care; it's fun. And the only acceptable form of quote-mining.
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -- Douglas Adams |
"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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