Category Archives: Quotations

On October 3rd, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a formal proclamation creating a national day of Thanksgiving. Although there had been informal celebrations in the past, Lincoln’s act fixed the date as the last Thursday in November. So, as you sit … Continue reading →

On this date, seven score and seven years ago, Abraham Lincoln spoke briefly at the dedication of a new national cemetery at Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania. Like a good bottle of wine, this speech gets better with age. Read it out loud, … Continue reading →

From a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons in October 1945: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.”

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his … Continue reading →

The following quotation is from a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on September 11, 1858 in Edwardsville, Illinois: What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns … Continue reading →