Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, June 4, 2015

As a former Successful Governor, Perry is probably the best Administrator and potential President

Unfortunately, the Republicans have packed the field with a bunch of egos who will eat their own, all over again, in the tedious series of useless and overcrowded "debates." m/r

Perry joins presidential pack with emphasis on military service, leadership | | Dallas Morning News

by Christy Hoppe  6-4-15

 ADDISON – Rick Perry launched his second presidential campaign on Wednesday, standing before the type of plane he flew as an Air Force captain and surrounded by Navy SEALs.
Speaking of the dangers in the world, Perry reinforced a key distinction he has among the pack of GOP candidates – his military service – and underscored that as Texas governor, he was tested by crisis, including Hurricane Katrina, a porous border and the Ebola outbreak.
“Now is the time for clear-sighted leadership,” he said, adding that the nation has suffered under a president elevated for his rhetoric and not his record.
This is the election where voters will ask, “ ‘Where have you led?’ It’s not a speech on the Senate floor. It’s not what you’ve said; it’s what you have done,” Perry said, a poke at such contenders as first-term senators Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
The longest-serving Texas governor enters a crowded field, down in the polls, competing ...
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