Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-10-18 Oct 18, 2010The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would ... assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.~ Adam SmithNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.~ General George S. Patton, Jr.Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many bad laws.~ Walter Savage Landor Oct 15, 2010The more laws the more offenders.~ Dr. Thomas FullerIt is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.~ Eric HofferThe meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to Socialism.~ Karl Marx Oct 14, 2010Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.~ Douglas AdamsI begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.~ Abigail AdamsThe one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.~ Harper Lee Oct 13, 2010One evening, when I was yet in my nurse’s arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said 'Let him touch it.' So I touched it -- and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.~ John RuskinThose who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.~ ProverbA nation that forgets its past is doomed to repeat it.~ Sir Winston Churchill Oct 12, 2010I cannot accept, your canon that we are to judge pope and king unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power ... Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.~ Lord ActonThe highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.~ Thomas Babington MacaulayPower never takes a back step -- only in the face of more power.~ Malcolm X Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print