/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /* ponder.js Code was originally created by C. Eton and modified by J. Sutton. Only 1 item needs to be edited: 1. The Statements array variable. */////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // List the statements to display. Add statements as necessary. var Statements = new Array( 'The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ~Patrick Henry', 'It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! ~Patrick Henry', 'The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ~Patrick Henry', 'Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death! ~Patrick Henry', 'I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ~Patrick Henry', 'Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. ~Patrick Henry', 'I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor. ~Patrick Henry', 'The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed. ~Patrick Henry', 'The great object is that every man be armed. ~Patrick Henry', 'Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? ~Patrick Henry', 'Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. ~Patrick Henry', 'We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. ~Patrick Henry', 'When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. ~Patrick Henry', 'I am not in favor of concealed weapons. I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations. -- Barack Obama', 'I had learned not to care. I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ... -- Barack Obama', '(America is) just downright mean. -- Michelle Obama', 'The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied. -- Jeremiah Wright', 'I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln', 'National honor is national property of the highest value. ~James Monroe', 'This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis', 'My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ~Thomas Jefferson', 'Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face. ~Ronald Reagan', 'We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child. ~Ronald Reagan', 'We are never defeated unless we give up on God. ~Ronald Reagan', 'To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Democracy is worth dying for, because it\'s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. ~Ronald Reagan', 'After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers. ~George W. Bush', 'Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. ~George W. Bush', 'Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do. ~George W. Bush', 'If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar.', 'If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. ~Abraham Lincoln', 'During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet. -- Al Gore', 'Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Here\'s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose. ~Ronald Reagan', 'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I\'m from the government and I\'m here to help. ~Ronald Reagan', 'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they\'re ignorant; it\'s just that they know so much that isn\'t so. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. ~Ronald Reagan', 'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress. ~Ronald Reagan', 'The taxpayer: That\'s someone who works for the federal government but doesn\'t have to take the civil service examination. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Government\'s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~Ronald Reagan', 'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. ~Ronald Reagan', 'If we ever forget that we\'re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ~Ronald Reagan', 'I think it\’s very clear who Hamas wants to be the next president of the United States. ~John McCain', 'There\’s a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them. -- Michael Moore', 'Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin', 'America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused – preferring greatness to power and justice to glory. ~George W. Bush', 'A ship in harbor is safe . . . but that is not what ships are for. ', 'Why is a carrot more orange than an orange? ', 'No Jesus = No Peace, Know Jesus = Know Peace ', 'Love makes burdens lighter, because you divide them. It makes joys more intense, because you share them. ', 'Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive up ATM? ', 'People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ', 'Why does your nose run and your feet smell? ', 'Isn\'t Disneyland a people trap operated by a mouse? ', 'Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in a seed. ', 'How can there be self-help groups?', 'Why is it when a door is open it\'s ajar but when a jar is open it\'s not adoor? ', 'Since light travels faster than sound, isn\'t that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak? ', 'Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? ', 'Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? ', 'Isn\'t the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut? ', 'Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?', 'Why is an orange an orange but an apple not a red? ', 'Is it possible to be totally partial? ', 'Why isn\'t phonic spelled the way it sounds? ', 'Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays? ', 'Why are they called apartments when they are stuck together? ', 'Why does an alarm clock \"go off\" when it BEGINS ringing? ', 'When an elevator is overloaded with passengers who is criminally responsible? ', 'If the entire world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? ', 'Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic? ', 'If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress? ', 'Shouldn\'t there be a shorter word for monosyllabic? ', 'If white wine goes with fish do white grapes go with sushi? ', 'Before they invented drawing boards what did they go back to?', 'Why is it that when you transport something by car it is called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it is called cargo? ', 'What was the best thing before sliced bread? ', 'Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a near miss? Shouldn\'t it be called a near hit? ', 'Isn\'t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do \"practice\"?', 'Why do we buy a product that takes 2000 flushes to get rid of? ', 'If you have an open mind is there a chance your brain might fall out? ', 'Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? ', 'What does the Q in Q-tip stand for?', 'Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don\'t know what you are talking about.', 'Oliver\'s Law: A closed mouth gathers no feet.', 'Pride is concerned with who is right, humility is concerned with what is right.', 'The punishment of wise men who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men. ~Plato', 'If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man,—it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil. ~James Garfield', 'He who in his own house is virtuous will also be just in civic affairs. ~Sophocles', 'It\'s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. ~Yogi Berra', 'The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.', 'When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'The rulers of all states, whether kingdoms or common-wealths, should take care that religion should be honored, and all its ceremonies preserved inviolate, for there was not a more certain symptom of the destruction of states, than a contempt for religion and morals. ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)', 'Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. ~Thomas Jefferson', 'Those who trade liberty for security have neither. ~John Adams', 'Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.', 'An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.', 'Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.', 'Gun control is not about guns; it\'s about control.', 'You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.', 'Assault is a behavior, not a device.', '64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.', 'The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.', 'The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.', 'When you remove the people\'s right to bear arms, you create slaves.', 'I believe ... that either you control your attitude or it controls you.', 'I believe ... that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you\'re down will be the ones to help you get back up.', 'I believe ... that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but, we are responsible for who we become.', 'Freedom is lost gradually by an uninterested, uninformed, and uninvolved people.', 'The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become. ~Ronald Reagan', 'Can the liberties of a nation be secure, when we have removed the conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? ~Thomas Jefferson', 'There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. ~Alfred Korzybski', 'Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society. ~James Madison, Federalist No. 37, 1788' ); function GetStatement() { // Math.floor is the truncate function, Math.random returns a number between 0 and 1 Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * Statements.length); document.write(Statements[Number]); } // The Number variable keeps track of which statement to display. var Number;