Oh yes, you can shout me down well enough, but you can’t refute me. The majority has the might–unhappily–but it lacks the *right*. The right is with me, and the other few, the solitary individuals. Henrik Ibsen
In ‘An Enemy of the People,’ character Dr. Thomas Stockmann Playwright: Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
You cannot have a little bit of preferences any more than you …
You cannot have a little bit of preferences any more than you can have a little bit of pregnancy. … Once you have opened the flood-gates, the water goes where it will. Thomas Sowell
Dr. Thomas Sowell, Economist and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, on affirmative action, Forbes, August 26, 1996
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because …
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because people won’ t know the difference. Rush Limbaugh
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so …
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong. F.A. Hayek
Nobel Prize Winner (1899-1992)
Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take …
Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest. Irwin Cory
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are …
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks — no form of government can render us secure. To suppose liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. If there be sufficient virtue and intelligence in the community, it will be exercised in the selection of these men. So that we do not depend on their virtue, or put confidence in our rulers, but in the people who are to choose them. James Madison
Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 20, 1788 (1751-1836)
Men like women with boobs. If they like flat chested women check …
Men like women with boobs. If they like flat chested women check whether they’re gay or not. Joy Behar
The View, Sept 16, 2008
An election is an advance auction of stolen goods. H.L. Mencken (…
An election is an advance auction of stolen goods.
H.L. Mencken
(Investor’s Business Daily, December 15, 2000)
The religious right are just decent Christians who believe that this country …
The religious right are just decent Christians who believe that this country was founded on the basis that the religious could be involved in government. They are simply resisting the notion that religion is a disqualifier for serving in government. Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh, The Door, November/December 1993
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. …
What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881