Quote-a-palooza
"Work as if you were to live 100 Years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow." - Benjamin Franklin
"It gives me great pleasure to pay tribute to the working men and women of America on Labor Day. This occasion brings deserved attention to those who have toiled to build our nation and to shape a prosperous life out of the dreams of early immigrants. Today we recognize the honor and value of all work and the great distinction that flows from a job well done. From those who first carved a nation out of the wilderness to those who helped cross, settle and build this country, the working people have made immeasurable contributions to the advancement of our way of life. Through their spirit, minds, and muscles, America's workers have created a modern industrial giant. They have sustained the traditional values of family, work, and neighborhood while serving as the bulwark of American democracy and lending support to the fundamental tenets of our free enterprise system." - Ronald Reagan
"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill
"Most married women are second-earners. That means their income is added to that of their husband's, and thus taxed at his highest marginal rate. So the married woman working as a secretary keeps less of her paycheck than the single woman who does the exact same job. This is the ultimate in 'inequality,' yet Democrats constantly promote the very tax code that punishes married working women." - Kim Strassel
"You can't send two sons off to college, as my husband and I now have, and expect them to succeed if you haven't taught them some sense of self-reliance. Indeed, that virtue has long been recognized as a foundational mark of the American character. It enabled our forefathers to establish a nation that still serves as a beacon of freedom to the world. No free republic can survive without it. Which is why, like many conservatives, I'm alarmed by the attitude one finds among many Americans today. It's on display particularly during a heated campaign season, like we're in now- people across the country seem to have a sense of entitlement and demand that politicians 'do something' to solve every problem. Gone is the sentiment behind President Kennedy's famous exhortation: 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.' That line may have drawn applause in 1961, but it's alien to the thinking of Americans who look to government as some sort of glorified nanny. ... Where does this warped view of the state come from? What is the origin of this dependence on government, so dangerous to the concept of individual freedom?" - Rebecca Hagelin