The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men.” —Plato (429-347 BC)

Non Compos Mentis: “Our economic goals have to be redistributing a significant amount of [wealth] back from the top one percent. Unchecked growth — especially when 99% of all new income goes to the top 1% — is absurd. Where we’ve got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but we’ve got to move to a society that provides a high quality of life for all of our people.” —Bernie Sanders

Upright: “The dirty little secret, which would not be secret if liberals didn’t rewrite history, is that socialism, forced redistribution of income and assets, and pumping government money into the economy ostensibly to stimulate growth destroy not only liberty but also wealth. If they have any effect at all on making income more equitable, it is because they spread the misery and make all people — except perhaps the very wealthiest, ironically — poorer.” —David Limbaugh

Village Idiots: “I think the tough sell is going to be on the part of Republicans if they try to taint the [Iranian nuclear] deal. It’s going to be a tough sell to say that the United States should back away from an international agreement. … And it’s going to be a tough sell to say, ‘You know what, we should just foreclose the diplomatic option and only consider the military option before us.’” —Josh Earnest

The BIG Lie: “We negotiated from a position of strength and principle — and the result is a nuclear deal that cuts off every pathway to a nuclear weapon.” —Barack Obama (He’s lying, as Saudi Arabia will soon confirm.“ —Breitbart’s Joel Pollak)

And last… "Ironic that the guy who whined for years about inheriting a mess is leaving for his successor the stuff of nightmares. #Iran #ISIS #jobs #OPM” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor