Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes."

~ Will Durant  

"Work expands to fill the time available for its completion."

~ C. Northcote Parkinson  

"Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act."

~ The Talmud  

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."

~ Jesus of Nazareth  

"A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself."

~ Michel de Montaigne  

"The great trouble with religion – any religion – is that a religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge those propositions by evidence. One may bask at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason – but one cannot have both."

~ Robert A. Heinlein  

"But, clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to -- not in private hands. The current circumstances come out of what I think is a very important and indeed appropriate action that the Iraqi government has taken.

~ Condoleezza Rice  

"I'm not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I'm sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do."

~ Kit Bond  

"How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of."

~ Suzanna Gratia Hupp  

"A world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government."

~ Kenneth Boulding  

"Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them. It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high."

~ Jean-Francois Revel  

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."

~ Michel de Montaigne  

"I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure."

~ Dr. Ron Paul  

"If we can just pass a few more laws, we could all be criminals!"

~ Vinnie Moscaritolo  

~ Abraham Lincoln