"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." -

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

"The history of the great events of this world are scarcely more than the history of crime." –

Voltaire

An Oldie but Goodie.... and our current condition.

Insanity -

Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results...
Albert Einstein

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.

Claudius Claudianus 340-410, Egyptian Latin Poet




Notice that Ron Paul is inner directed. While I am sure he enjoys the applause, he does not live for it, or like most other political figures, fawn and pander for it.

Ron Paul is a Parrhesiates, which is ancient Greek for one who practices Parrhesia, or "Fearless Speech."

He speaks the Truth. You know what he says is true because of his character, not because he's citing numerous expert opinions. The proof of truth is his courage in speaking something that differs from what the majority believe. In speaking the truth he puts himself at personal risk, but he prefers to be a truth-teller rather than a living being who is false to himself. He is frank. He speaks to the art of how best to live and does so through freedom and a sense of duty that create a specific moral relationship between himself, what he says, and us, the listeners.

It is not necessary either to agree with him, or to understand the nuances of the Greek conception of a Truth-Teller to know that when you listen to Ron Paul you are listening to some who is authentic, and unique.

And that is part of what all of us find so exciting and significant about Ron Paul. He stands squarely in a 2700 year old tradition of Truth-Telling.

The most imporant thing about money is to maintain its stability... You have to choose between trusting the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of members of the government. With due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

--George Bernard Shaw

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

..H.L. Mencken

"The modern banking process manufactures currency out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of slight of hand that was ever invented . . . If you want to be slaves of the bankers, and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let the banks create currency."

Lord Josiah Stemp, director of the Bank of England -- 1937.

Russell Comment -- Say hello to the Federal Reserve and central banking along with debts, deficits, inflation and the income tax.

“Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it to a desert. The magic of property turns sand into gold.”

— Arthur Young, Travels (1787)

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons because, to them, you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE)

"If you don't trust gold, do you trust the logic of taking a pine tree, worth $4,000-$5,000, cutting it up, turning it into pulp, putting some ink on it and then calling it one billion dollars?"

-- Kenneth J. Gerbino

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

-Will Rogers