Smart People

Somewhere, there are some smart people huddled in a high-level staff session, devising ways to take control of our lives. They seduce us, they trick us, and they lie to us; they promise anything if we will turn over control to them, control of what we buy, how we live, what we will live for, how we will vote, and how we will feel about what matters most. They are out to get control. (Lewis B. Smedes, A Pretty Good Person, p. 116)

The truest measure of the conscience of any country is how it treats those who are less fortunate than "the majority," unable to "make the team" without some extra help. If we adopt an overall authoritarian anti-weakness mentality, all our potential greatness as a nation goes out the window. (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 90)
15 February 2013)

The End

It is still true that the nation in which there is division between man and man, and class and class and hatred based on competitive ambition and selfish desire, is doomed; and the world in which nation is set against nation is hastening to the end. (William Barclay, The Revelation of John, Vol.  2, p. 6) 10 June 2012

Aging Nation

Successful life management must be based on reality.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 30 June)

We can't assume something is true just because we need it to be true.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 23 July)

It is also a common mistake of government officials who are determining what is best for everyone [to impose their will on everyone else.] (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages, p. 24)

Who are they that hold so much power over our lives?  (Orville Thompson in Believing in Myself by Larsen and Hegarty, 31 August)

The nation was aging and did not realize it, and national death would come much sooner than the people realized.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 574)
9 September 2011