Sayings Archive
Installment #2 (Posted 3rd Qtr '97)

“Waste enemies, not ammunition.” - Mark Moritz

“More formidable is an army of deer, led by a lion, than an army of lions, led by a deer.” - Rev. Bob Thieme

“It is not doing the things we like to do, but liking to do what we must, that makes life blessed.” - Goethe

“An open mind, like an open mouth, should close on something.” - G.K. Chesterton

“Those who are merciful to the cruel are destined to be cruel to the merciful.” - The Talmud

Fear is a four-letter word. Everyone feels it, but only the lowly acknowledge it, and only the coward lets it influence his conduct.

“Free men are not equal and equal men are not free.” - Tom Anderson

Never overestimate the decency of the human race.

“When men are free to choose, men will choose freedom.” - Harlon Carter

“The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.” - Thucydides

“You never have trouble if you are prepared for it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“In a free society, government has no more place in education than it has in religion.” - Samuel Blumfield, Is Public Education Really Necessary?

Blessed are they who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.

Is your pistol within reach as you read this?

Whenever there is light enough to see your sights you should have your boots on.

FIGHT CRIME, SHOOT BACK

“For Henry II was a king who trusted his people, and who had no standing army, but who encouraged his people to be armed, as unpopular tyrants dare not do.” - Trevelyan

“What great thing would you attempt if you knew that you could not fail?” - Bob Schulter

You must hypothesize the means, rather than the end.

“Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“A Master of Arms is more honorable than a Master of Arts, for good fighting came before writing.” - Marston, in Paradox XV, A.D. 1617

“When a man sees anieone with a drawne sword let him take care to defend himself, for it is not a matter of friendship.” - Vincentio Saviolo, Master of Arms, 1591

Gun Control: Draw Quickly, shoot carefully!

“To confess the plain truth, it is not well of either man or boy to touch the weapon of another man that weareth them.” - Vincentio Saviolo, Master of Arms, 1591

“Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.” - de Tocqueville

“When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.” - Lord Falkland

“Not to know events that happened before one was born is always to remain a child.” - Cicero

The student must ask “What?” The master, on the other hand must ask “Why?”

Those who will not read have nothing over those who cannot read.

The person you see in the mirror is the one responsible for your safety.

“Do not get into a fight if you can possibly avoid it, but never hit soft. Don't ever hit a man unless you must, but if you hit him, put him to sleep.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“The facts constitute a sharp sword. Intelligence constitutes the bone, muscle and sinew which wield the sword. Wisdom constitutes the will which causes intelligence to employ the sword.” - Winston Churchill

The Scouts Creed: “I know where they are and where I am, while they only know where they are.”

“To be a man is—
To fight for the right.
To abhor the imperfect, unjust and the mean.
To swerve neither to the right hand nor to the left.
To care nothing for flattery, odium nor abuse.
And above all, never to let enthusiasm be soured nor courage grow dim.” - Lord Curzon

“It is the goal of education to deliver us from the captivity of the unexamined life, and out of the power of the persuaders.” - The Underground Grammarian

“In ascending order the qualities of Patriotism are:
1. To work, fight, or die for your own survival.
2. To work, fight, or die for your immediate family.
3. To work, fight, or die for a group, extended family, tribe, or clan.
4. To work, fight, or die for a group too large for all the individuals to know each other.
5. To work, fight, or die for a way of life.”
Robert A. Heinlein

People who force themselves to do what they know is their duty benefit enormously from the exercise.

“If you know how to shoot, and are quite ready to shoot, the chances are that you won't have to shoot.” - Blackjack Pershing

“Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice!” - Bill Jeans

“Better to have a gun and not need it, than to need it and not have it.” - David Crosby

“When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed,' you find that it simply means to follow through.” - F. W. Nichol

“Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character.” - Laura Schlessinger

“The pistol--learn it well and wear it always.” - Jeff Cooper


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