#609 - Ronald Reagan Quote

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is Acknowledged.

-Ronald Reagan

#469 - Bill Arnsparger Quote

"You can accomplish alot if you don't worry about who gets the credit."

-Bill Arnsparger
Former Assistant Coach, Miami Dolphins

#352 - Ronald Reagan Quote

"If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this State, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement."

-Ronald Reagan
Former President 1981-89

#350 - Thomas Paine Quote

"That government is best which governs least."

-Thomas Paine

#327 - Lilly Tomlin Quote

"Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them."

-Lily Tomlin, comedian

#301 - Ronald Reagan Quote

"We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added."

- Ronald Reagan, former President

#258 - Joe Wilson Quote

Call 'em like you see 'em.



"You lie!"
-Congressman Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Shouted towards President Obama during health care speech.

#252 - Robert H. Jackson Quote

"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error."

-Robert H. Jackson

#178 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"


"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."


"Man is not free unless government is limited."


"One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it."


"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."


"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."


"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."


"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."


"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."

-Ronald Reagan, former President 1981-1989

#177 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
-Abraham Lincoln, former President 1861-1865


"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
-Theodore Roosevelt, former President 1901-1909


"Those are governed best who are governed least."
-Thomas Jefferson, former President 1801-1809


"The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy."
-Woodrow Wilson, former President 1913-1921


"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress."
-John Adams, former President 1797-1801

#176 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"It might be more worthwhile if we stopped wringing our hands and started ringing our congressmen."
-Author Unknown

"If people behaved like governments, you'd call the cops."
-Kevin Throop

"When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves."
-George Pataki

"If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?"
-Author Unknown

#172 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is history of resistance."
-Woodrow Wilson, former President 1913-1921


"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
-John Adams, former President 1797-1801


"A splendid storehouse of integrity and freedom has been bequeathed to us by our forefathers. In this day of confusion, of peril to liberty, our high duty is to see that this storehouse is not robbed of its contents."
-Herbert Hoover, former President 1929-1933

"Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty."
-Herbert Hoover, former President 1929-1933

#171 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"
-Author Unknown


"We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two. "At least," as one man said, "there's one advantage about death; it doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."
-Erwin N. Griswold


"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today."
-Herman Wouk


"Capital punishment: The income tax."
-Jeff Hayes

#169 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.

-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure."

-Ronald Reagan, former President 1981-1989

"The thing that separates the American Christian from every other person on earth is the fact that he would rather die on his feet, than live on his knees!"

-George Washington, former President 1789-1797

#168 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."

-Aristotle

"The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals."

-James Monroe, former President 1817-1825

"There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice; not by instruction but by natural intuition: I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

#166 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related."
- J.C. Watts, Jr.


"The best things in life are free, but sooner or later the government will find a way to tax them."
-Author Unknown


"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."
- Will Rogers

#161 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.

-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money."

-Davey Crockett

"Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees."

-Boris Marshalov

"Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and Senate?"

- Will Rogers

#157 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"You can not stop the spread of an idea by passing a law against it."

-Harry Truman, former President 1945-1953

"We need not fear the expression of ideas- we do need to fear their suppression."

-Harry Truman, former President 1945-1953

#154 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,

and meant what they said.

-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."
-Napoleon Bonaparte


"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
- Thomas Jefferson, former President 1801-1809


"The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced."
- Frank Zappa

#153 - Tea Party 2009

-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Tony Blair a set of inexpensive and useless (to Tony Blair’s UK video formatting) DVDs, when Tony Blair had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all this in 10 weeks -- so you’ll have three years and nine-and-a-half months to come up with an answer.