Today’s Quote: De Saxe

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“Man is an engine, the motive power of which is the soul; and the greatest amount of work will not be accomplished by this engine for pay, or under pressure, or by the help of any kind of fuel which may be supplied by the ton. It will be done only when the will or the spirit of the creature is brought to its greatest strength by its own natural fuel, namely: the affections.”

–Maurice de Saxe, Marechal de France

Today’s Quote: Krauthammer

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“Loyalty to the president is good, but loyalty, truth and integrity to the country is better.”

— Charles Krauthammer

So—which side are YOU on? The media is now filled with daily revelations of the cesspool of corruption the Obama administration has created and nurtured. Civil Liberties? Constitutional protections? Due process? Basic fairness? None of it seems to apply anymore in this brave new world of “Hope and Change”.

America is getting just what it deserves. This is precisely what big government brings you and modern technology only makes it worse and more dangerous. This is why we need to shrink government in our lives, not grow it. This is why we need to return to the original constitutional principle of Enumerated Powers.

Today’s Quote: Rand

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“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”

–Ayn Rand

I don’t think there’s really anything more I can add, other than confirming it’s true–you only need to take a look in the newspapers or online…