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| | *"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." — [[George Washington]] | | *"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." — [[George Washington]] |
| | *"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." — [[Benjamin Franklin]] | | *"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." — [[Benjamin Franklin]] |
| | + | *"What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or compulsion." — [[Ayn Rand]] |
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| | ==Economy== | | ==Economy== |
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| | *The failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism — Garry Kasparov | | *The failure of capitalism is still much better than the success of socialism — Garry Kasparov |
| | *"If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life." — Tom Landry | | *"If you don't believe in winning, you don't believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life." — Tom Landry |
| − | *"Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about." — Ralph Waldo Emerson | + | *"Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about." — [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] |
| | *"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." — Maimonides | | *"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." — Maimonides |
| | *"The real minimum wage is zero." — [[Thomas Sowell]] | | *"The real minimum wage is zero." — [[Thomas Sowell]] |
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| | * No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. — Saying quoted by Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate, in 1866 report of the final accounting in the estate of A. B. ''New York Surrogate Reports'', 1 Tucker (N. Y. Surr.) 249 (1866). | | * No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. — Saying quoted by Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate, in 1866 report of the final accounting in the estate of A. B. ''New York Surrogate Reports'', 1 Tucker (N. Y. Surr.) 249 (1866). |
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| − | ==Early voting== | + | ==Voting== |
| | *"I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine." — Doug Preisse, Franklin County Republican Party chairman | | *"I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine." — Doug Preisse, Franklin County Republican Party chairman |
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| | *"Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: done!" — Mike Turzai, Republican House Majority Leader in Pennsylvania | | *"Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: done!" — Mike Turzai, Republican House Majority Leader in Pennsylvania |
| | + | *"Before he was the president, he was my friend, and because he’s my friend, I’m gonna root for him." — Mariano Rivera on [[Donald Trump]] |
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| | ==Homosexuality== | | ==Homosexuality== |
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| | *"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education." — [[Teddy Roosevelt]] | | *"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education." — [[Teddy Roosevelt]] |
| | *"When the faith dies, the culture it produced begins to die, then the civilization goes, and, then, the population." — [[Pat Buchanan]] | | *"When the faith dies, the culture it produced begins to die, then the civilization goes, and, then, the population." — [[Pat Buchanan]] |
| | + | *"The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty; and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments." — [[Benjamin Rush]] |
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| | ==Values== | | ==Values== |
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| | ==Kindness== | | ==Kindness== |
| | *"When I was young I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people" — Abraham Joshua Heschel | | *"When I was young I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people" — Abraham Joshua Heschel |
| | + | *"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late" — [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] |
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| | ==Justice== | | ==Justice== |