(110 quotes found)
“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation then by deflation, the banks and the corporations will grow up around them, will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” — from the debate on the recharter of the Bank Bill (1809)”
“A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.... The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases.”
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
“The parade of winners is kind of our club's trademark. When we held our shows out on the [Jefferson County] fairgrounds, the winners would drive through the show arena, and people liked it, so when we moved the show to the square a few years ago, we kept up the tradition. It takes a little longer than just calling a person's name and handing him a trophy, but people like it because they can see the winners right there in front of them.”
Harry Clark
“Jefferson has a couple of issues. No. 1, we're going to need to make some requests for commodities and/or fuel. We want to handle that through E-Team, Colonel?”
Walter Maestri
“It's a matter of principle to me. I don't think the taxpayers of Jefferson County should have to pay for something they already own.”
Fred Bell
“It's a rubric of fast hardcore and random old blues stuff, like Lemon Jefferson and all these old blues guys. Also old power trios like Mountain and Cream.”
Randy Huth
