My Nation’s journey toward justice has not been easy, and it is not over. The racial bigotry fed by slavery did not end with slavery or with segregation. And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times. But however long the journey, our destination is set: liberty and justice for all. -George W. Bush-

I am a liberal person opposed to all unnecessary state limitation of individual liberties. Hermeneutics between consenting adults should not, in my view, be the object of any statutory restrictions. I know, only too well, what it would entail. Hermeneutic speakeasies would spring up all over the place, smuggled Thick Descriptions would be brought in by … the Mafia, … Addicts would be subject to blackmail. Consumption of deep meanings … would in no way diminsh, but the criminal world would benefit, and the whole fabric of civil society would be put under severe strain. Never! -Ernest Gellner-

I poured my root beer into a square cup, now I just have beer. -found on Facebook-

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum — even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. -Noam Chomsky-

Basic rules of gun safety 2: Never point a gun at anything you do not intend to destroy. -Jeff Cooper, Col. USMC-

Basic rules of gun safety 3: Keep your finger off the trigger until on target and ready to fire. -Jeff Cooper, Col. USMC-

Shower thought: People who don’t use their turn signal won’t even lift a finger to be safe. -Donald Taylor-

The world asks: Where did we come from? What went wrong? What can we look forward to? Christians have an answer. -Caleb Jones-

The same God Who made the mosquito also made the cocoa bean.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. -John Neal-