Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

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Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best...

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

There is no such thing as a fixed policy, because policy like all organic entities...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this...

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition,...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.

The day I get a credit card with a negative real interest rate is the...

The day I get a credit card with a negative real interest rate is the...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is...

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is...

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the...

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model...