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2013 July 12
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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." |
"Whatever the issue might be, whether it’s mass surveillance, no-knock raids, or the right to freely express one’s views about the government, we’ve moved into a new age in which the rights of the citizenry are being treated as a secondary concern by the White House, Congress, the courts and their vast holding of employees, including law enforcement officials." |
"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you may not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything -- you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." |
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2013 July 11
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"If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it
because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide
something should or should not be broadcast
because of Washington or Main Street consequences,
we have dishonored ourselves and
we have lost the First Amendment by default." |
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." |
"Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts." |
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2013 July 10
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"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done." |
"Every culture and every religion of what we call the civilized world carries, in one form or another, a mythos or story about a time in the past or future when humans lived or will live in peace and harmony. Whether it's referred to as Valhalla or Eden, Shambala or 'A Thousand Years of Peace,' the Satya Yuga or Jannat, stories of past or coming times of paradise go hand-in-hand with hierarchical cultures. Such prophecies were clearly in the minds of America's Founders when they first discussed integrating Greek ideas of democracy, Roman notions of a republic, Masonic utopian ideals, and the Iroquois Federation's constitutionally organized egalitarian society, which was known to Jefferson, Washington, Adams, and Franklin. The creation of the United States of America brought into the world a dramatic new experiment in how people could live together in a modern state." |
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time:
the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." |
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2013 July 09
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"Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!" |
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2013 July 08
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"Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one." |
"The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more: they are the best basis of public liberty, and the strongest bulwark of public safety. It follows, that the greater the proportion of this class to the whole society, the more free, the more independent, and the more happy must be the society itself." |
"All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions." |
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