Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-04-20 Apr 20, 2010Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.~ George Bernard ShawIn a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.~ Walter LippmannWe cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.~ William Faulkner Apr 19, 2010Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic freedom is also an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom.~ Milton FriedmanHe who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.~ Sir Francis Bacon Apr 16, 2010There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.~ Charles-Louis de Secondat'Useful,' and 'necessity' was always 'the tyrant's plea'.~ C. S. LewisThe greater the power the more dangerous the abuse.~ Edmund Burke Apr 15, 2010No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence...~ Maria MontessoriNo government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!~ Ronald ReaganGovernment is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.~ Sen. Phil Gramm Apr 14, 2010Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.~ Lord ActonNo man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the congress is in session.~ Mark TwainFeeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.~ P. J. O'Rourke Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print