by Ray Newman, radio and television commentator, attorney, educator, author

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

DO YOU KNOW?

"For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."

Could it be said any better?

Who does not know:

* you do not lighten the load by adding to it

* you do not protect freedom by denying it

* you do not win a war by quitting the fight, you win the war by getting your enemy to quit

* you do not effectuate positive change by repeating negative actions of the past

* you do not promote justice by granting it to some and denying it to others

* you cannot proclaim support of equality by treating people unequally

* when the number of new filings for unemployment insurance falls from one month to the next, it may still reflect an increase in the number of unemployed

* appeasement does not spell a p e a c e m e n t

* you do not make allies by apologizing to your enemies

* wealth that is not yours, is not yours to redistribute

* private industry cannot be publicly owned

* to say things are better when they aren't is to make things worse

* you do not gain stature by shrinking your moral standards.

Who does not know all that?

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