The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Insight: “Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.” —American journalist William Allen White (1868-1944)

Upright: “The Supreme Court of the United States is not the final authority nor is the culture itself.” —Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, on the church’s resolution on same sex marriage: “Resolved, that Southern Baptists recognize that no governing institution has the authority to negate or usurp God’s definition of marriage; and be it further resolved no matter how the Supreme Court rules, the Southern Baptist Convention reaffirms its unwavering commitment to its doctrinal and public beliefs concerning marriage.”

Alpha Jackass: “As hard as it is to believe, [Republicans] continue to deny the reality of climate change. They also deny gravity. But they also deny there is such a thing as climate change. That’s the problem. The point is the safety and security of the United States of America and every community across the country.” —Joe Biden

Non Compos Mentis: “I finally had a chance to read Caitlyn Jenner’s piece in the magazine. … I cried. Because I resonated with some of the themes of isolation, of being misunderstood — to not know if you have a conversation with somebody, will that relationship then end because they have seen you as one way.” —Rachel Doleful

Annals of the absurd: “[W]e’re not fixated on Iran specifically accounting for what [it] did at one point in time or another. … What we’re concerned about is going forward. It’s critical to us to know that going forward, those activities have been stopped and that we can account for that in a legitimate way.” —John Kerry

Village Idiots: “I hope that at the end of my two terms as president, I will have overseen an even bigger peacetime expansion of the economy than my husband did.” —Hillary Clinton

And last… “We’re coming up with new things to be offended by at a much quicker rate than we’re retiring old things. This is not sustainable.” —Frank Fleming