Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2009-12-23 Dec 23, 2009There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.~ John MiltonLoyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.~ Mark TwainThose who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices – taking advantage of our freedom of speech – who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.~ Nat Hentoff Dec 22, 2009No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.~ Helen KellerGovernment…may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another… The First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality…~ Abe FortasFreedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America, and is the best and only security for religious liberty in America.~ James Madison Dec 21, 2009Words that enlighten are more precious than jewels.~ Hazrat Inayat KhanThe relative openness or closedness of a mind cuts across specific content; that is, it is not restricted to any one particular ideology, or religion, or philosophy, or scientific viewpoint.~ Milton RokeachIf we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow it wherever the search may lead us.~ Adlai E. Stevenson II Dec 18, 2009How should it happen that the individual should be without rights, but the combination of individuals should possess unlimited rights?~ Auberon HerbertPlace your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.~ Robert A. Heinlein...and by the way, Mr.Speaker, the Second Amendment is not for killing little ducks and leaving Huey and Dewey and Louie without an aunt and uncle. It's for hunting politicians, like in Grozny, and in the colonies in 1776, or when they take your independence away.~ Robert Dornan Dec 17, 2009A government that does not trust it's law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is itself unworthy of trust.~ James MadisonThe maintenance of the right to bear arms is a most essential one to every free people and should not be whittled down by technical constructions.~ State vs. KernerTo prohibit a citizen from wearing or carrying a war arm ... is an unwarranted restriction upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of constitutional privilege.~ Wilson v. State Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print