"Why has government been instituted at all?  Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint."~Alexander Hamilton

More Quotes From Tyron Edwards:

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
 
Accuracy of statement is one of thefirst elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.
 
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather thanfill it with the accumulation of others.
 
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
 
He that never changes his opinions,never corrects his mistakes,will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
 
To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
 
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
 
People never improve unless theylook to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

 

"Patience and perseverance have a magical affect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
~John Quincy Adams

"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
~James Madison

"A teacher affectseternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
~Henry Adams

"Right actions for the future are the best apologiws for wrong ones in the past."
~Tyrone Edwards

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."
~Mark Twain

"Too many in the media act as if decency is a violation of the First Amendment."
~Thomas Sowell

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it is free."
~P.J. O'Rourke

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the governmkent and report the facts."
~Will Rogers

"The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention."
~Duguet