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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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It is loserthink to attack an opponent by acting as dumb as they act. It might feel good, but it isn’t a winning strategy.

All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life.

When we first fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus [and] the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

God wishes to charge you with a mission. You will be contradicted, but do not fear; you will have the grace to do what is necessary.

‘Pull yourself together’ is seldom said to anyone who can.

History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.

Under this authority, Congress may mortgage any or all the revenues of the union, . . . [and] create a national debt, so large, as to exceed the ability of the country ever to sink. I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than to be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge.

The ancient world did in fact experience the birth of Christianity as a liberation from the fear of demons that, in spite of skepticism and enlightenment, was all-pervasive at the time.

You can debate the morality of viewing profits as the top priority in business, but you can’t argue that it doesn’t work. At most, you can argue that some companies take it too far. But that is the risk of any tool.

No honest man becomes rich overnight; he has to wait for the reward of his labors.

The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

The ancient democracies, in which the people themselves deliberated, never possessed one feature of good government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.

Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.

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