Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"Vote: The instrument and symbol of a free man's power
to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."

~ Ambrose Bierce  

"The government of the absolute majority is but the government of the strongest interests; and when not effectively checked, is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised... [To read the Constitution is to realize that] no free system was ever farther removed from the principle that the absolute majority, without check or limitation, ought to govern."

~ John C. Calhoun  

"The best argument against democracy is
a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

~ Sir Winston Churchill  

"The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned -- the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach -- is that the greatest threat to our lives, liberty, property, and security is not some foreign government, as our rulers so often tell us. The greatest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with our own government!."

~ Jacob G. Hornberger  

"By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments. The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments, that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity."

~ John Hospers  

"I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first
time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than that
of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential
election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen
by thievery at the ballot box."

~ Thomas Jefferson  

"It's not the hand that signs the laws
that holds the destiny of America.
It's the hand that casts the ballot."

~ Harry S. Truman  

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything."

~ Josef Stalin  

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"

~ Benjamin Franklin  

"Remember to vote early -- and often."

~ Al Capone  

"I think I have served the purpose that I came here for, which was to provide a credible election product for our members."

~ Brenda Snipes  

"As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?"

~ William Marcy Tweed  

"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate -- look at his character. It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political stations. But the scriptures teach a different doctrine. They direct that rulers should be men who rule in the fear of God, men of truth, hating covetousness. It is to the neglect of this rule that we must ascribe the multiplied frauds, breaches of trust, speculations and embezzlements of public property which astonish even ourselves; which tarnish the character of our country and which disgrace our government. When a citizen gives his vote to a man of known immorality, he abuses his civic responsibility; he not only sacrifices his own responsibility; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country."

~ Noah Webster