Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives Sep 16, 2021Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherIn questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.~ Thomas JeffersonWe should view our government the way we should a friendly, cuddly lion. Just because he’s friendly and cuddly shouldn’t blind us to the fact that he’s still got teeth and claws.~ Walter E. Williams Sep 15, 2021It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against invasions of the public liberty by the national authority.~ Alexander HamiltonOutside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.~ Andrew JohnsonIt is an injustice, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate to itself functions which can be performed efficiently by smaller and lower bodies.~ Pope Leo XIII Sep 14, 2021The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.~ Thomas JeffersonIn such a strait the wisest may well be perplexed and the boldest staggered.~ Edmund BurkeAre we at last brought to such an humiliating and debasing degradation that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defense? Where is the difference between having our arms under our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?~ Patrick Henry Sep 13, 2021It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!~ Patrick HenryWe've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basement prices, in return for the false promise of more security... The America being designed right now won't resemble the America we've been defending... The danger isn't that Big Brother may storm the castle gates. The danger is that Americans don't realize that he is already inside the castle walls.~ Wayne LaPierreWhat chance of survival does a culture have when its own elites actively seek its destruction?~ William S. Lind Previous week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print