How have I loved liberty? With the enthusiasm of religion, with the rapture of love, with the conviction of geometry. That is how I have always loved liberty. Lafayette
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Government is the people’s business and every man, woman and child …
Government is the people’s business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. Ronald Reagan
January 14, 1982
Yes, every bit of saved energyNby insulating homes, driving lessNhelps. But we …
Yes, every bit of saved energyNby insulating homes, driving lessNhelps. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves that individual eco-conscious behavior can prevent dangerous global warming.E Newsweek
April 14, 2008
All men are, by nature equal and free: no one has a …
All men are, by nature equal and free: no one has a right to any authority over another without his consent: all lawful government is founded on the consent of those who are subject to it. James Wilson
Philadelphia pamphlet, 1774.
I look upon an increase of the power of the State with …
I look upon an increase of the power of the State with the greatest fear, because although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality, which lies at the root of all progress. We know of so many cases where men have adopted trusteeship, but none where the State has really lived for the poor. Mahatma Ghandi
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in …
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. John Quincy Adams
1821
The sleeping fox catches no poultry. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790…
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
We lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war — …
We lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war — the guerrilla wins if he does not lose, the conventional army loses if it does not win. Henry Kissenger
Foreign Affairs Magazine, 1968
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with …
It would be a good time to replace the drug war with something more constructive. The cure offered the drug war today has probably been more harmful and done more damage than the disease. George McGovern
We have only two sources of information about the character of the …
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do and by what they say (particularly the first). Ayn Rand
(1905-1982)