09 June 2010

All that is necessary....

"All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke


I think about this quote today, as we face a government out of control, spending taxpayer money as if it were Monopoly money, and without much thought to the future. People knew about the holocaust, but did nothing. I fear if we know about the corruption in our government and do nothing, then evil will win in this world. Our country was founded on freedom from tyranny and control, yet people think nowadays that they should be handed everything. "Give me this" and "give me that" and "where's my share" are the attitudes taught today in schools. Not the old standby of: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."-Thomas A. Edison

In the 60's when this cookbook was published, someone thought enough about the world then to put that quote in. I hope we don't just sit idly by and let government take away our very freedoms.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin

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