Guilt and Freedom
It is only by accepting real guilt that I am able to feel free of guilt … if I am not free to accept guilt when I do wrong, then I am not free at all. If all my mistakes are excused, if there’s an alibi, a rationalization for every blunder, then I am not […]
The Strongest Weapon
No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. —Ronald Reagan
Freedom of Speech a Poor Substitute?
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. — Soren Kierkegaard
What Is The Ugliest, Most Awful Thing? Maybe Not What You Think!
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
Inveterate Peaceniks Won’t Like This One
If you love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you and may posterity forget that you were once our countrymen. — Samuel Adams