Category Archives: Quotations Freedom

There is a recognition of the equality of rights among citizens in …

There is a recognition of the equality of rights among citizens in the pursuit of the ordinary avocations of life, and a declaration that all grants of exclusive privileges, in contravention of this equality, are against common right, and void. Mr. Justice Stephen Field
Justice Stephen Field: Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the Gilded Age, by Paul Kens. University Press of Kansas, 1997.

A Union of the States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide …

A Union of the States containing such an ingredient seemed to provide for its own destruction. The use of force against a State would look more like a declaration of war than an infliction of punishment and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all previous compacts by which it might be bound. James Madison
In 1787 at the constitutional convention, regarding a proposal that was made to allow the federal government to suppress a seceding state.

The facts establish a pattern of false statements, deceit and obstruction. And …

The facts establish a pattern of false statements, deceit and obstruction. And by committing these actions, the president moved beyond the private arena of protecting personal embarrassing conduct and his actions began to conceal, mislead and falsify à invaded the very heart and soul of that which makes this nation unique in the world, the right of any citizen to pursue justice equally. Asa Hutchinson
U.S. Rep. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., AP, Dec 18, 1998

Let’s talk sense. Benedict Arnold was a war hero but that …

Let’s talk sense. Benedict Arnold was a war hero but that did not exempt him from condemnation for his later betrayal. Being a war hero is not a lifetime get-out-of-jail-free card. And becoming President of the United States is not a matter of rewarding an individual for past services.
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell, Feb 1, 2008