Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"A society committed to the search for truth must give protection to,
and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind,
however angular, however rasping, however, socially unpleasant it may be;
for it is upon such minds in large measure, that the effective search
for truth depends."

~ Caryl Parker Haskins  

"While birds can fly, only humans can argue.
Argument is the affirmation of our being.
It is the principal instrument of human intercourse.
Without argument the species would perish.
As a subtle suggestion, it is the means by which we aid another.
As a warning, it steers us from danger.
As exposition, it teaches.
As an expression of creativity, it is the gift of ourselves.
As a protest, it struggles for justice.
As a reasoned dialogue, it resolves disputes.
As an assertion of self, it engenders respect.
As an entreaty of love, it expresses our devotion.
As a plea, it generates mercy.
As charismatic oration it moves multitudes and changes history.
We must argue -- to help, to warn, to lead, to love, to create,
to learn, to enjoy justice, to be."

~ Gerry Spence  

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions."

~ Albert Einstein  

"The truth doesn't sell. It is high in supply, but little in demand."

~ Eric Schaub  

"Men willingly believe what they wish."

~ Gaius Julius Caesar  

"There's nothing so absurd
that if you repeat it often enough,
people will believe it."

~ William James  

"Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of
confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and
courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we
cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we
risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan
who comes along."

~ Carl Sagan  

"In order that all men might be taught to speak truth,
it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

~ Dr. Samuel Johnson  

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth...
For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth;
to know the worst; and to provide for it."

~ Patrick Henry  

"Strange times are these in which we live
when old and young are taught in falsehood's school.
And the one man who dares to tell the truth
is called at once a lunatic and fool."

~ Plato  

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than
sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity."

~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

"A true party-man hates and despises candour."

~ Adam Smith  

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad."

~ Aldous Huxley  

"The history of the world is none other than
the progress of the consciousness of freedom."

~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel