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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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Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

When men are uniform in their opinions, it affords evidence that they are sincere. When they are shifting, it gives reason to believe, they do not change from conviction.

If the Constitution, intelligently and reasonably construed, stands in the way of desirable legislation, the blame must rest upon that instrument, and not upon the court for enforcing it according to its terms. The remedy in that situation—and the only true remedy—is to amend the Constitution.

Because we are so scientific now—and so determinedly materialistic—it is very difficult for us even to understand that other ways of seeing can and do exist.

Exactly the same technology can be used for good and for evil. It is as if there were a God who said to us, ‘I set before you two ways: You can use your technology to destroy yourselves or to carry you to the planets and the stars. It’s up to you.’

That is the surest proof of Original Sin and our fallenness. We all know that love is the key to happiness, and we all want more happiness rather than less, yet we love less rather than more.

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

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

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

So material a difference does it make, not what ills are suffered, but what kind of man suffers them. For, stirred up with the same movement, mud exhales a horrible stench, and ointment emits a fragrant odor.

You‘ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.

Matters of fact are stubborn things.

Alongside the wisdom of true conservatism is the danger that the status quo might become corrupt and its corruption self-servingly exploited.

He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak (Mâra the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a weak tree.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world.

The division of property has lessened the distance which separated the rich from the poor; but it would seem that the nearer they draw to each other, the greater is their mutual hatred. . . .

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Forced compassion is slavery. It dulls people’s sense of caring for others. Without compassion people become as animals, willingly sacrificing the lives of others just to get ahead.

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