By Kermit C. Moss

 

It is well to look now and then and reflect on the words of wisdom handed down to us from the past. We can always learn something from it. Here are a few examples:
 

                                         Former Republican Presidents speak about Social Security:

George H. W. Bush

"And there's one thing I hope we will all be able to agree on. It's about our commitments. I'm talking about Social Security. To every American out there on Social Security, to every American supporting that system today, and to everyone counting on it when they retire, we made a promise to you, and we are going to keep it." - January 31, 1990

Richard Milhous Nixon

"This Nation must not break faith with those Americans who have a right to expect that Social Security payments will protect them and their families. . . . In the 34 years since the Social Security program was first established, it has become a central part of life for a growing number of Americans. . . . Almost all Americans have a stake in the soundness of the Social Security system." -September 25, 1969

Ronald Wilson Reagan

"The changes in this legislation will allow Social Security to age as gracefully as all of us hope to do ourselves, without becoming an overwhelming burden on generations still to come. . . . Our elderly need no longer fear that the checks they depend on will be stopped or reduced. These amendments protect them. Americans of middle age need no longer worry whether their career-long investment will pay off. These amendments guarantee it. And younger people can feel confident that Social Security will still be around when they need it to cushion their retirement." - April 20, 1982

 

George W. Bush

"We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent." - January 20, 2001

 Ralph Waldo Emerson
                             

 "What is the hardest task in the world? To think."
 

Albert Einstein Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it feels like an hour. Sit
                                    with a beautiful woman for an hour, and it feels like a minute.
                                    That's relativity.

 Derek Bok     "If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance"

 Dorothy Parker

If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

 

Benjamin Disraeli

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

Unknown

I think, therefore I am dangerous.

Anonymous
 

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Brooks Robinson

Associate with those who help you believe in yourself.

Josh Jenkins

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the

pencil, you're overdoing it.

Harlan Ellison

The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

Mark Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.


Benjamin Spock, MD

Trust yourself.  You know more than you think you do.

Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

Unknown

When you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities, remember- things could be worse - you could be them.

Henry Clay

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

 

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Inaugural Address

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.