Musician's Aids Archives - Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

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

Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will eat its way like gangrene.

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. But killing one tyrant only makes way for worse, unless the people have sense, spirit, and honesty enough to establish and support a constitution guarded at all points against the tyranny of the one, the few, and the many.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero.

Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.

The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion.

One of the things that has constantly amazed me is the delight that decent people take in the ability to provide opportunities to those over whom they currently exercise authority.

When they hear the words of God on our lips, unbelievers are amazed at their beauty and power, but when they see that those words have no effect in our lives, their admiration turns to scorn, and they dismiss such words as myths and fairy tales.

Do not say, “His mercy is great, he will forgive the multitude of my sins,” for both mercy and wrath are with him, and his anger rests on sinners.

Trying to manage from the top down, when the bottom is out of control, may be the least effective approach.

The questions religion can answer are far more important questions to humanity than the questions science can answer.

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.

Limited government is a key tenet of classic liberalism—the liberalism of people like Madison and Tocqueville—although today it is regarded as a conservative ideal.

If America’s wealth were spread around the world it would soon be dissipated, but if her system of free government and free enterprise were spread around the world, nations would soon find them to be perpetual producers of wealth.

Brooks’s Law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

A tax, in the general understanding of the term, and as used in the Constitution, signifies an exaction for the support of the Government. The word has never been thought to connote the expropriation of money from one group for the benefit of another.

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