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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Don Merritt

Another quote today from the original “quotable” Mark Twain: “If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.”  Wow, then too I see…

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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But … Continue reading →

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Seven Days in Utopia

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Don Merritt

Seven Days in Utopia is the first movie that I’ve seen in a long time that I would recommend to a Christian audience because it is encouraging, inspirational and worthwhile. To be fair, there are other movies that I might … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Don Merritt

“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Benjamin Franklin

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Quote of the Week

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams (1814)

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Lesson from the day

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Don Merritt

Today is April 14th, and quite a bit has happened on April 14th over the years.  For example, in 1775 the first anti-slavery society was formed, in 1860 the first pony express letters reached San Francisco.  In 1865 Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.” — Milton Friedman  Interesting thought these days!

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Quote of the Week

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; …. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Don Merritt

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office” — Aesop 

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Don Merritt

“It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.” — Friedrich A. Hayek

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