Philosophies of Life

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Non-Violent Economics Founding Fathers valued farming & not foreign tangles

Short quotations to whet your appetites: "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." -- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) "Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) "No shade... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2004

LIBERTY AS FOUNDERS CONCEIVED IT (AND WINSTON CHURCHILL)

"Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 2, 2004

THE MIRROR OF ALONE (poem)

She was lovely, almost serene Tender in part, hard-cornered heart She had known poverty and pain Married into money - that was smart Her husband, the King, as kings be A hunter, in sinew and bone Away at foxhunts, hart and deer The Queen alone at hearth and home Among the gifts in her gilded hall... Sign in to see full entry.

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