The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world. Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister (1874-1880), author, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1804-1881
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Strange it is that men should admit to the validity of the …
Strange it is that men should admit to the validity of the arguments for free discussion, but object to their being ‘pushed to an extreme;’ not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case. Strange that they should imagine that they are not assuming infallibility when they acknowledge that there should be free discussion on all subjects which can possibly be doubtful, but think that some particular principle or doctrine should be forbidden to be questioned because it is so certain, that is, because *they are certain* that it is certain. To call any proposition certain, while there is any one who would deny its certainty if permitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and those who agree with us, are the judges of certainty, and judges without hearing the other side. John Stuart Mill
Chapter II, Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion, On Liberty (1859)
They are a disaster. They ruined the poor. They created a culture …
They are a disaster. They ruined the poor. They created a culture of poverty and a culture of violence which is destructive of this civilization, and they have to be replaced thoroughly from the ground up. Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich, 1994 on the Great Society programs
My word is my word, and my word is good. Rudy Boesch …
My word is my word, and my word is good.
Rudy Boesch
72-year old retired Navy SEAL on Survivor, August 2000
Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first …
Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter. Anonymous
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, …
Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it’s not so hot. Anonymous
Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and …
Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone. Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970), English mathematician and philosopher
Distinctions by race are so evil, so arbitrary and invidious that a …
Distinctions by race are so evil, so arbitrary and invidious that a state bound to defend the equal protection of the laws must not invoke them in any public sphere. Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court Justice in Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 (1908-1993) [not sourced]
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers Will Rogers (1879-…
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers
Will Rogers (1879-1935)
We believe that liberty can be measured by how much freedom Americans …
We believe that liberty can be measured by how much freedom Americans have to make their own decisions – even their own mistakes. Ronald Reagan
Feb 7, 1977