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Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
Goldwater said his greatest compliment came from a policeman who told him …
Goldwater said his greatest compliment came from a policeman who told him this. ‘Senator Goldwater, you always made me feel proud to be an American.’
As reported on CNN, May 29, 1998 (1909-1998)
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is …
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
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Ronald Reagan First Inaugural …
We have every right to dream heroic dreams.
Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural address
Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they …
Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. Captain John Parker
April 19, 1775, at Lexington Green, commanding the militia at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, at the first battle of the American War for Independence.
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people …
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world. Harry Reasoner
Only half of all hybrid vehicles on the U.S. market are …
Only half of all hybrid vehicles on the U.S. market are more fuel-efficient than their non-hybrid versions, researchers at the Union of Concerned Scientists find: some models pair a big gas-guzzling engine with hybrid technology in a way that enhances only performance, not fuel economy, explains UCS’s David Friedman. Newsweek
April 14, 2008
An effort by the government to communicate almost face-to-face with …
An effort by the government to communicate almost face-to-face with as many of its citizens as possible, and to make its case for voluntary sacrifices, rather than simply confiscate the needed money through taxes. A gargantuan feat of popular democracy, the likes of which have since vanished from the culture. James Bradley
On the War Bond efforts of World War II (Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley, 2000)
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’…
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. Abraham Lincoln
1854, (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
Governmental scientific inquiry is a contradiction in terms. Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged (…
Governmental scientific inquiry is a contradiction in terms. Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged (Quentin Daniels),(1905-1982)