"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You canot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong." William J.H. Boetcker
"We need to spread the wealth around."Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
Mr. President, please allow me to introduce you to America's small business owners, a segment of the citizenry that you evidently have never met.
"Coal makes us sick, oil makes us sick, it's global warming, it's ruining our country, it's ruining our world." Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid
"'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded." F. A. Hayek
Over the past few years, energy and climate, two previously unrelated subjects have become conjoined in a way that demands that one cannot be discussed apart from the other.
"We have given you a Republic, if you can keep it." Benjamin Franklin
We believe that when this country was formed it was uniquely blessed to have had at least six world class leaders among its founders. A world-class leader is one who impacts civilization in such a powerful way that a paradigm shift is created and typically comes along only once in a generation.
"But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." - John Adams
John Adams's considered opinion well describes the urgency I feel about the state of our nation.
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
Our earth and solar system undergo warming and cooling cycles that occur over centuries and millennia that mankind does not control.
"If we lose the oil fields, we lose the war." -Adolph Hitler
It has become fashionable to excoriate our country for consuming almost 25% of the earth’s oil and yet comprising only 3% of the planet’s population. However, it is seldom mentioned that the United States and Western oil companies are responsible for the discovery of the majority of the world’s oil reserves.