Charley Reese Quotes

#1. There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.

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#2. A nation dies culturally and spiritually first. Its money and its army are the last to go, but go they do once the light goes out in the nation's soul.

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#3. It is a foolish man who believes that the status quo can be maintained indefinitely.

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#4. Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then police wouldn't carry them. In a free country, if the government can go armed, so should the citizens, if they so choose.

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#5. The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

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#6. Make sure the government treats others the same as you would want the government to treat you ... Once you consent to the government ignoring the Constitution, you deny yourself the protection of the Constitution.

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#7. Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them.

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#8. I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes, higher inflation and probably, economic collapse. The silver lining is, secession will probably become more feasible.

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#9. If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

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#10. Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about 38,000 lobbyists work at confiscating and redistributing the incomes of the American people.

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#11. It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the same people who consistently oppose freedom. They want only one God &emdash; the state, which of course they intend to run.

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#12. Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common ...

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#13. If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

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#14. The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

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#15. [Y]ou cannot determine either the truth or the right or wrong of anything with a poll. You can only tabulate people's opinions.

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#16. The politicians in this world ... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.

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#17. Some years ago an excellent professor of economics told his class in his gravelly voice, 'If you pay me $50,000 a year to solve a problem, I damned sure ain't going to solve it.'

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#18. Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A frugal government requires a self-reliant people. A free country requires people who value liberty more than money.

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#19. Americans who value freedom had better be more concerned about the gun control crowd than the criminals. The criminals want your money. The Neo-Totalitarians want your freedom.

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#20. Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

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#21. People who believe in gun control are ignorant, superstitious or stupid.

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#22. Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.

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#23. Disregarding the value of religion and believing in egalitarianism are two misconceptions that cause America much trouble today.

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#24. Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

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#25. Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

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#26. Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.

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#27. A government that intended to protect the liberty of the people would not disarm them. A government planning the opposite most certainly and logically would disarm them. And so it has been in this century. Check out the history of Germany, the Soviet Union, Cuba, China and Cambodia.

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#28. Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

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#29. Thats what abortion is - killing innocent humans for money. Abortionists are government licensed hit men.

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#30. We ... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

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#31. Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

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#32. [N]o American should retreat an inch on the right of jurors to acquit if they perceive the law or its administration to be unjust.

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#33. If we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog.

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#34. American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door. Until then, it is merely someone elses problem and a problem that we fool ourselves into thinking won't reach us.

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#35. Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

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#36. Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

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