The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight

“When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.” —Leland Stanford (1824-1893)

Observations

“Ending repression and upholding democracy are part of America’s mission. The United States is the only nation in history founded on the ‘self-evident truth’ that freedom is an inalienable right. No other people has fought so hard to advance human rights and liberty beyond its own frontiers. We may forget how large America’s example looms in the imagination of the world’s oppressed, but they don’t. That’s why Hong Kong protesters sang ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as they protested in 2019. Why Chinese students 20 years earlier crafted a ‘Goddess of Democracy’ modeled on our own Statue of Liberty. Why Iranians in 2009 implored Obama to lift his voice in support of theirs. When dissidents rise against despots, it is always in America’s interest to strengthen and encourage them. If Time magazine can proclaim the heroism of pro-freedom protesters like those in Iran, surely America’s president can too.” —Jeff Jacoby

“The left does not want you to have any right to express your faith in the public square. If you do, you will be canceled, punished and financially destroyed. It is no coincidence that the rise of the militant LGTBQ movement has coincided with the rise of censorship in America. The left routinely labels Biblical truth as ‘hate speech.’” —Gary Bauer

Famous Last Words

“I believe by the end of next year you will see much lower inflation.” —Treasury Secretary Janet “Inflation Is Transitory” Yellen

Braying Jenny

“In actuality, [Viktor Bout’s] weapons might’ve been used to kill Americans, but he has not killed Americans.” —Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

Non Compos Mentis

“An adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.” —Cambridge Dictionary’s defintion of “woman”

“An adult who lives and identifies as male though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.” —Cambridge Dictionary’s defintion of “man”