I like this BG quote myself...VMI77 wrote:As to the diplomacy and politeness crowd, I'll quote an old style conservative....the kind we used to have before the law got passed that requires all Republican Congressmen to be neutered once they take office.
Extremism in the pursuit of Liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is "needed" before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
The Conscience of A Conservative (1960), ghostwritten by L. Brent Bozell