Quote: Ignorance, The Next President, And The Place Of Government

Several great quotes that apply to current events, including...

...the election:

Nothing is as terrible to see as ignorance in action."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe --

...the next President's judicial nominations:

"Looking forward to the next presidency, we see that Justice Stevens is 87, Justice Ginsburg 74, Justices Kennedy and Scalia 71, Justice Breyer 69 and Justice Souter 68. Perhaps all will be sitting in January 2013. Perhaps all will be retired. Voters who care about the Supreme Court ought to assume that the next president will have an impact on the future course of the Supreme Court greater than any president in modern times. The Court of course affects every aspect of American life, from the conduct of the war to the protection of the unborn, the right to worship and speak freely, the right to bear arms and the right to be free from intrusive governmental oversight. The Court can chose to protect private property or, as has been the case for decades, almost completely ignore this foundational right. The Court is the country's future in many respects, and the president is the keeper of the court."
-- Hugh Hewitt --

...the place of government:

"Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his own."
-- James Madison --

"Once the government gains control over energy decisions, do we really think they will relinquish it after man-made global warming is realized to be a false alarm? It has been said that whoever controls energy, controls life. Right now, the free market (which means you) controls those decisions. Do we need to remind ourselves how well things went in the former Soviet Union when the bureaucrats made the economic decisions, rather than letting the collective will of the people, expressed though a free market, govern the economy? What will people do when they realize that going along with the 56-percent scientific majority has resulted in them giving up much of their personal freedom in the process? I wouldn't trade that freedom for any presidential candidate."
-- climatologist Roy Spencer --

Good stuff to keep in mind.

There's my two cents.

Hat tip: Heavy-Handed Politics.