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~ If we can not trust a freeman with his right to keep and bear arms, then how can we trust him with the right to vote. Surely the right of a freeman to vote has a much greater effect on our collective lives than does any individual's firearm. If one argues that the effect of any one freeman's vote is minimal, then why allow it in the first place? To be armed is to secure one's right to representation. ~ ~ We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people ~ ~ Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. ~ ~ Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. ~ ~ When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if
I just took my time and trusted myself ~ ~ With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not even trust my own impressions, but it rests partly on what I saw myself, partly on what others saw for me, the accuracy of the report being always tried by the most severe and detailed tests possible. My conclusions have cost me some labor from the want of coincidence between accounts of the same occurrences by different eyewitnesses, arising sometimes from imperfect memory, sometimes from undue partiality for one side or the other. The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but I shall be content if it is judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it. My history has been composed to be an everlasting possession, not the showpiece of an hour. ~ ~ I know God will not give me anything I canít handle. I just wish that He didnít trust me so much ~ ~ Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms. ~ ~ Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. ~ ~ We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in a cold, impartial intellect which only brings us nearer to destruction. ~ ~ Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. ~ ~ Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. ~ ~ He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life ~ ~ He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life ~ ~ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ~ ~ He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire. ~ ~ The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, Seek simplicity and distrust it ~ ~ The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. ~ ~ Self-trust is the essence of heroism ~ ~ Trust your intuitive heart. ~ ~ Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light. ~ ~ I don't really trust a sane person. ~ ~ Put not your trust in money , but put your money in trust. ~ ~ Slight, acquaintance, breeds distrust. ~ ~ To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. ~ ~ Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. ~ ~ It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by statuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin the state, that of their subjects never will ~ ~ If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. ~ ~ The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will know what it is to experience life on undeveloped, unoccupied land in the same form and character as the Creator fashioned it... It is a great spiritual experience. I never knew a man who took a bedroll into an Idaho mountainside and slept there under a star-studded summer sky who felt self-important that next morning. Unless we preserve some opportunity for future generations to have the same experience, we shall have dishonored our trust ~ ~ Also there was considerable distrust of planning in any form. Planning was something the government was going to do to you. The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion, unfortunately. ~ |
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