Saturday, January 9, 2021

“A FEW SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY WORTH SPEICAL PONDERING”


"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have communism."  —Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Leader of the Soviet Union after death of Marxist/Leninist Joseph Stalin; First Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964); Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964).

“Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright; but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; we’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.” —Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Leader of the Soviet Union after death of Marxist/Leninist Joseph Stalin; First Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964); Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964).

“We hold these truths to be self-Evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying it foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .” 
  —Excerpt from The U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” 
                   ― Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
               ― Abraham Lincoln (1909-1865), 16th U.S. President.

“Every day, I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned. I have visited the laid-off factory workers and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. These are the forgotten men and women of our country.” 
                       —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.

“We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.”                            —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.

“No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.” 
                       —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”  —James Madison (1751–1836), 4th U.S. President; hailed as “Father of the Constitution” for his key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution & the Bill of Rights.

“To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last—but eat you he will.” 
                   —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish statesman; philosopher; Member of Parliament in House of Commons of Great Britain (1766-1794).

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968), American author; political activist and lecturer; and first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. 

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—William James Moore

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