Health & Fitness
QUOTES FOR THE WEEK, JUNE 23, 2013
"There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence so important, as living within your means.'' . . . 30th President Calvin Coolidge (1887-1933) . . .
"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." . . . Rev William J. H. Boetcker (1873-1962) . . .
"The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivalry of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in time, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradise." . . . American author Mark Twain (1835-1910) . . .
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"Some people concerned about privacy violations on the Internet object that many Web site operators collect and use information about visitors for demographic research and, yes, advertising. ... A more serious and unavoidable matter is the government's newest scheme for invading everyone's online privacy. In late July [1999], the Clinton administration unveiled a new plan to use the FBI to monitor all Internet traffic, both on military and nonmilitary networks, under the guise of protecting the nation from terrorists who might use the Net for nefarious purposes. According to a draft of the plan, a sophisticated monitoring system would be put in place to constantly track all computer activity, looking for ‘suspicious patterns.' This would help keep tabs on the activities of the usual suspects: drug traffickers, child molesters, and terrorists. ... Of course, while that sounds like a reasonable precaution, the potential for abuse is both grave and apparent. The government could monitor political dissidents as easily as it could monitor actual criminals. Any system that enables the authorities to track anyone enables them to track everyone." . . . West Point professor of philosophy Aeon Skoble – writing in The Freeman, Nov 1, 1999 . . .
The four cornerstones of character on which this nation was built are: Intuition, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. . . . WWII "Ace" and automobile designer Eddie Rickenbacker . . .
