Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




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com·pla·cen·cy

 noun \kəm-ˈplā-sən(t)-sē\
plural com·pla·cen·cies

Definition of COMPLACENCY

1
: self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
2
: an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction
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Examples of COMPLACENCY

  1. The public was lulled into complacency.
  2. complacency
 that was quickly dispelled by the shock of cold reality>
  • He sees a dangerous sense of complacency about the U.S. stock market—where investors were emboldened after the 1998 downturn was followed by a resounding snapback. —Bernard Wysocki, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 3 Aug. 1999
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    • Origin of COMPLACENCY

    (see complacent)
    First Known Use: 1650

    Related to COMPLACENCY

    Synonyms
    amour propre, bighead, complacence, conceit,conceitedness, ego, egotism, pomposity, pompousness,pride, pridefulness, self-admiration, self-assumption, self-conceit, self-congratulation, self-esteem, self-glory, self-importance, self-love, self-opinion, self-satisfaction,smugness, swelled head, swellheadedness,vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
    Antonyms
    humbleness, humility, modesty

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