Jeffrey Groves
@jeffrey207.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Recovering (Retired) lawyer, at home in Maine.
FDR said: We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
March 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
FDR said: We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
Theodore Roosevelt said: To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Theodore Roosevelt said: To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
George Washington said: Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
George Washington said: Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Martin Luther King, Jr said: Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
February 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr said: Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Lyndon Johnson said: I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
February 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Lyndon Johnson said: I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
Waiting for Firewall at El Capitan tonight. Note the American flag flying upside.
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Waiting for Firewall at El Capitan tonight. Note the American flag flying upside.
Thomas Paine said: “The law is king.”
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Thomas Paine said: “The law is king.”
Thomas Jefferson said: “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Thomas Jefferson said: “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
Edward R Murrow said: A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
February 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Edward R Murrow said: A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
Danielle Sassoon said: “If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Danielle Sassoon said: “If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Bruce Springsteen said: Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Bruce Springsteen said: Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
John Lewis said: even though the truth can’t be denied or erased, it can be systemically obscured, strategically misinterpreted, and hidden from mainstream comprehension
February 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
John Lewis said: even though the truth can’t be denied or erased, it can be systemically obscured, strategically misinterpreted, and hidden from mainstream comprehension
There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.
FDR said: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
February 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
FDR said: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
MLK, Jr said: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
February 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
MLK, Jr said: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Maya Angelou said: When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
February 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Maya Angelou said: When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
JFK said: “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
February 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
JFK said: “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
Frederick Douglass said: Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Frederick Douglass said: Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
General Omar Bradley said: Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character is a sort of an all-inclusive thing. If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him.
February 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
General Omar Bradley said: Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character is a sort of an all-inclusive thing. If a man has character, everyone has confidence in him.
Ronald Reagen said: In short, protectionism in any country does damage to all. And so, the goal of the administration has been to open the markets of other countries, not to close America's markets.
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ronald Reagen said: In short, protectionism in any country does damage to all. And so, the goal of the administration has been to open the markets of other countries, not to close America's markets.
Margaret Chase Smith said: As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.
February 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Margaret Chase Smith said: As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.
Walt Whitman said: There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
February 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Walt Whitman said: There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.