Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

~ Charles-Louis de Secondat  

" 'Useful,' and 'necessity' was always 'the tyrant's plea'."

~ C. S. Lewis  

"The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse."

~ Edmund Burke  

"No one can be free unless he is independent...
In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence..."

~ Maria Montessori  

"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!"

~ Ronald Reagan  

"Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are."

~ Sen. Phil Gramm  

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

~ Lord Acton  

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the congress is in session."

~ Mark Twain  

~ P. J. O'Rourke  

"The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation."

~ John A. Hobson  

"In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience.
A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed."

~ John Stuart Mill  

"The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets
of the government and inform the people. Only a free and
unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in
government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a
free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government
from deceiving the people."

~ Justice Hugo L. Black  

"The German woman does not smoke!"

~ Nazi slogan  

~ Andrew Jackson  

"The big thieves hang the little ones."

~ Czech Proverb