Dangerous Quote by Paul Kengor

“Learning is a good thing, but unless it's tempered by faith and a love of freedom, it can be very dangerous indeed.”

Paul Kengor

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“Only when people are free to worship, create, and build, only when they can decide their destiny and benefit from their own risks—only then…

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As has been reported, and is unmistakably evident to all but the most naïve, federal employees have been ordered to exploit this crisis, to make the government shutdown as uncomfortable as they can. The White House is actively soliciting complaints from the general public on 'how the government shutdown has affected you.' These testimonies are tools sought for the propaganda…

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It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political season.

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The presidents varied in the degree to which they cited the founders. Some, like JFK, LBJ, [Richard] Nixon, and [Bill] Clinton, cited them somewhat…

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I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid…

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In the middle of Hillary Clinton's push for national healthcare in 1993, Bill Clinton cited Thomas Jefferson's concern for health issues as, somehow, apparently…

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If our presidents, or potential presidents, don't know this or don't articulate [an America ideal], that's a blown opportunity. The president can teach as…

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“Only in the detached from reality world of goofy Hollywood and modern academia could a mass murderer like Che Guevara be turned into something…

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Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.

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