Indian Wisdom

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Quotable Quotes - Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852

"Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced . . . ."

Quote of the Day - U.S. Constitution

"All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills." 

~Article 1, Section 7

United States Constitution

Quotable Quote - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."

--Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), during his farewell address, Jan. 17, 1961

Quotable Quote - Albert Einstein

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
-- Albert Einstein

Quotable Quote

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

From the poem 'New Colossus', by the nineteenth-century American poet Emma Lazarus. It is inscribed on a tablet within the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty Stands.

Quotable Quote

"Beauty is truth, truth beauty. That is all ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know."
-- John Keats

Quotable Quote

I don't have much time for in-depth blogging today. I will leave you with a quote that was as valid during the formation of our country as it is today:

"Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeaus corpus, these are the principles that have guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation."
~Benjamin Franklin