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Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.

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Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.

The French codes are often difficult of comprehension, but they can be read by every one; nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.

The socialists were more intrinsically capitalist than the capitalists. They believed just as strongly in money. They just thought that if different people had the money, the problems plaguing humanity would vanish. This is simply untrue.

Don’t be afraid of the truth, even though the truth may mean your death.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The Constitution does not prohibit legislatures from enacting stupid laws.

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men—from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

In the last instance, men must act on what they believe right, not on what they believe probable.

Christianity is not a religion of a book, even a divinely inspired book. Christianity is a religion of three divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

An individual who is observed to be inconstant to his plans, or perhaps to carry on his affairs without any plan at all, is marked at once, by all prudent people, as a speedy victim to his own unsteadiness and folly.

For the Church remains our mother because Christ remains Christ, and she is not changed into a step-mother simply because of our evil rulers.

If the goods and services available . . . are greater as a result of international trade, then Americans are wealthier, not poorer, regardless of whether there is a [trade] ‘deficit’ or a ‘surplus.’

Life’s most painful condition: to be almost a celebrity.

The only problem with demolishing examples of Brutalist architecture is that there are other examples still standing.

Now, if no other work were commanded but chastity alone, we would all have enough to do with this one; so perilous and raging a vice is unchastity.

Parts of the far left have gone so far in the political circle that they are now all but indistinguishable from the extreme right.

Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.

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