Monday, December 14, 2009
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Thoughts about birds, family, politics, and everyday life.
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." -The Constitution of the United States, Article 6, Clause 3
"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." -Teddy Roosevelt
"...I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" -Aldo Leopold, " A Sand County Almanac"
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."
-Dom Helder Camara
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Ben Franklin