I didn’t attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an influential American politician, lawyer, and justice from Massachusetts. Long attributed to Mark… Read More ›
Quotes
Ideas
Superior minds are concerned with ideas. Average minds are concerned with events. Inferior minds are concerned with personalities. John Dean “Jeff” Cooper (May 10, 1920 – September 25, 2006) was recognized as the father of what is commonly known as… Read More ›
Encroachment
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent…The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. Louis Dembitz Brandeis, American lawyer… Read More ›
Pilgrims
We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home. John Heyl Vincent (February 23, 1832 – May 9, 1920) was an American Methodist Episcopal bishop. You would think that a guy who has been over 90… Read More ›