The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally stake, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. George Washington
1732-1799. (Investor’s Business Daily, November, 3, 1998)
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Marriage is a lottery, but you can’t tear up your ticket …
Marriage is a lottery, but you can’t tear up your ticket if you lose. F. M. Knowles
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we …
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future. Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he …
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn’t become a monster. Frederick Wilhelm Nietsche
To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and …
To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition. Albert Einstein
Physicist, theory of relativity (1879-1955)
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short …
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist. Ronald Wilson Reagan
February 11, 1988 Ã
There is a difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him. …
There is a difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him. Benjamin Franklin
Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: …
Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would be as worthy the efforts of the patriot as of the philosopher, to exclude it’s influence if possible, from social life. The good are rare enough at best. There is no reason to subdivide them by artificial lines. But whether we shall ever be able so far to perfect the principles of society as that political opinions shall, in it’s intercourse, be as inoffensive as those of philosophy, mechanics, or any other, may well be doubted. Thomas Jefferson
TJ to Thomas Pinckney, 29 May 1797 on dissent
They have erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms …
They have erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass the people and eat out their substance. The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and the U.S. Congress
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a …
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade. Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790