Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
As we approach the November elections, voters are extremely interested in what the campaigning politicians plan to do with the tax money they’ll be managing if they win the offices for which they are running. Americans would no doubt be quite happy if our politicians promised to be as careful with the revenues they collect [...]
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
As the Foley scandal continues to unfold, we are witnessing some disturbing evidence of wrongdoing by government officials. Elizabeth I would likely have harsh words for the politicians involved. In this quote, she reminds leaders that their service must be not only political but also moral:
“[H]ave before your eyes not the will or pleasure of [...]
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
As the November elections approach, we are being bombarded by campaign ads. In many of them, politicians claim that they will not be influenced by special interest groups. Four hundred years ago, Elizabeth I made the same claim:
“Neither did I ever lend mine ear to any person contrary to order of law to pervert my [...]
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
Elizabeth compared the use of religious ideals for political gain to the twisting of facts by lawyers to gain advantage over their opponents:
“I see many overbold with God Almighty making too many subtle scannings of His blessed will, as lawyers do with human testaments.”
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“Not doubting but by your concord in the camp and valor in the field and your obedience to myself and my general, we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God and of my kingdom.”
Posted by Tara Koellhoffer
“Your own judgment ought to have taught that such a slight and mild kind of dealing with a people so ingrate and void of consideration . . . is the ready way to increase their contempt.”