There are politicians and there are statesmen. When the former outnumber the latter, the country gets in trouble.
Good thing Acton used “almost” with respect to “great men”. But what he should have added was not mere power is the corrupting factor, but power coupled with lack of accountability, and of course lack of character.
Too hard to read, try using paragraphs.........
Excellent point. The Soviets did exactly that.
Sodomites are “gay.” Liberals/Marxists are “progressives.”
Criticism of homosexual behavior is “hate speech.” Criticism of 0bama is “racist.”
Our definitions, such as with marriage or any level of citizenship, are crucial to who and what we are as a nation and the path we will follow.
Our definitions should be honest, true and consistent and our efforts should be to strengthen our definitions, not forever weaken them, especially not for temporary gain.
But weaken them we do and with each one, such as with redefining marriage or natural born/native born/anchor baby citizenship, we don't just lose ourselves, we give ourselves away.
Not really, no one is actually buying this garbage except a few retarded college kids. There is only six people in America that claim to be offended by the name Redskins.
Contrary to Chris Matthews hating people for their skin color (whether done by Caucasian or black) is racism. Racism is not saying "let's cut taxes," despite what corrupt Democratic politicians might say.
I don’t even know what is is anymore..................
“Peter” is sometimes used to describe a part of the male anatomy. No wonder his name is Peter King.