E-Books Archives - Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Owning Plexus

Posted May 1, 2018, 8:00 a.m.
Updated August 19, 2022, 1:17 p.m.

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.

Quotes

If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed, that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force.

The Son of God became a stumbling block when he humiliated Himself to the human level, taking on the form and habit of man. It is hard on the intelligentsia to believe that greatness can be so little.

The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

It is the American example that deserves the most credit for the global spread of democratic politics and free-market economies. In this sense, too, the world of today is a world that we invented.

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Behind many contemporary affirmations of the freedom of love is a false rationalization, for although love involves freedom, not all freedom involves love.

A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

A journey of a thousand miles starts under one’s feet.

The Church will . . . be intolerant about her creed, and be ready to die for it, for she fears not those who kill the body, but rather those who have the power to cast body and soul into hell.

When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable. . . .

Appearance too often takes the place of reality—the stamp of the coin is there, and the glitter of the gold, but, after all, it is but a worthless wash.

One way to make enemies and antagonize people is to challenge the spirit of the world.

I am an American by choice and conviction. I was born in Europe, but I came to America because this was the country based on my moral premises and the only country where one could be fully free to write.

We who believe in strong defense are the true peace party.

Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved.

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

There are more things in heaven and earth . . . than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Men must change with the times or die.

Tangent Theme:	26.0.24
Tangent Plugin:	6.0.59

Go to Top	`tt`
Go to Bottom	`tb`
Search	`ts`
Main Content	`tc`
Open Gallery (if present)	`tg`
Open Flagpole	`tf`
Keyboard Shortcuts	`tk`
Site Information	`ti`

Main Menu

Category: E-Books

Owning Plexus

Main Menu

Site Information

Keyboard Shortcuts