Category Archives: Quote of the Day

From a ROTFLMAO thread on Calguns, an example of really really bad lawyering by the enemy in the DC gun law case (Heller/Parker): This was not a mistake in the classic sense…. It was a lack of imagining the possible. … Continue reading →

I am not surprised that no one is willing to take the credit for this bit of dead-tree idiocy. Who should be deciding US policy on Iraq? When President Bush addresses the nation tonight, he is expected to endorse a … Continue reading →

And an assignment for you. First, the quote: I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend … Continue reading →

Taking a cue from David’s quotes, we’ll hear from The Gipper today The difference between a Republic and a People’s Republic is the same as the difference between a jacket and a straitjacket. Ronald Reagan I found this quote at … Continue reading →

A man you’ve most likely never heard of who speaks the truth I believe taxes – of all kinds – should be kept as low as possible and that the pressure to get them down should be relentless… Taxes on … Continue reading →

From Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor (review tomorrow): …[U]ntil the United States decides to wield a very large stick up here in support of the elected government of the people, in Kabul, I’m not looking for any serious change real soon. … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Tuesday, July 14 [1981] We are still meeting & stewing about East-West trade and now we must take on the problem of what to do or if to do something to help the Polish people. Their … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Sunday, June 21 [1981] Negotiations are still going on to try and head off tomorrow’s illegal strike by the air controllers. I told Drew L. to tell their Union Chief I was the best friend his … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Tuesday, June 16 [1981] Today was Press Conference. I don’t think I was very scintillating. […] It’s lonely. Nancy is in N.Y. for the Royal Ballet. I don’t like it here by myself. We have just … Continue reading →

From the Reagan Diaries: Thursday, June 11 [1981] I feel like I’ve spent the day in the U.N. The morning was pretty well taken with a labor leader meeting…. Then it was the Ec. Advisory Council. Art Laffer dropped a … Continue reading →