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“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
February 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
― Daniel Webster
― Daniel Webster
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband & Ratner, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband & Ratner, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband & Ratner, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
February 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband & Ratner, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
February 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
February 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
February 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Not that long ago Melania personally wrote a letter to Putin, asking him to protect the innocence of the children caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. When will she send a letter to her husband, I wonder?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“In protecting the innocence of these children, you serve humanity itself.”
Hypocrisy?
“The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.”
-Thomas Jefferson-
-Thomas Jefferson-
February 1, 2026 at 1:17 PM
“The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.”
-Thomas Jefferson-
-Thomas Jefferson-
“A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.”
February 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.”
“Unless the people arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
February 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM
“Unless the people arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
“A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
February 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
“A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
“The state can't give you free speech, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free...”
― Utah Phillips
― Utah Phillips
February 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“The state can't give you free speech, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free...”
― Utah Phillips
― Utah Phillips
“They are out there, those ordinary citizens who are waiting for a politics with the maturity to balance idealism and realism, to distinguish between what can and cannot be compromised, to admit the possibility that the other side might sometimes have a point.”
― Barack Obama
― Barack Obama
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
“They are out there, those ordinary citizens who are waiting for a politics with the maturity to balance idealism and realism, to distinguish between what can and cannot be compromised, to admit the possibility that the other side might sometimes have a point.”
― Barack Obama
― Barack Obama
“It takes great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth.”
― Milan Kundera
― Milan Kundera
February 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
“It takes great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth.”
― Milan Kundera
― Milan Kundera
“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.”
― Joseph Alois Schumpeter
― Joseph Alois Schumpeter
February 1, 2026 at 10:43 AM
“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.”
― Joseph Alois Schumpeter
― Joseph Alois Schumpeter
I’d like to see Facebook go as well…one sweet day.
February 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I’d like to see Facebook go as well…one sweet day.
“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
“A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
February 1, 2026 at 10:38 AM
“A government which deliberately enacts injustice, and persists in it, will at length ever become the laughing-stock of the world.”
― Henry David Thoreau
― Henry David Thoreau
Also both. Money creates mobs and attracts mobs. Thankfully mobs often end up turning on each other eventually because ultimately they are selfish. They also distrust each other, knowing that each will be looking to throw the other under the bus at just the right time for maximum personal benefit.
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Also both. Money creates mobs and attracts mobs. Thankfully mobs often end up turning on each other eventually because ultimately they are selfish. They also distrust each other, knowing that each will be looking to throw the other under the bus at just the right time for maximum personal benefit.
“If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. It will serve private interests and be regarded as a species of government favor and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it.”
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
“If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. It will serve private interests and be regarded as a species of government favor and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it.”
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
“Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell