Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-01-29 Jan 28, 2011The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.~ Albert EinsteinMental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.~ Robert G. IngersollI know it will give great offence to the New England clergy, but the advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from them.~ Thomas Jefferson Jan 27, 2011The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.~ Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.~ Samuel ChaseA society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.~ Thomas Jefferson Jan 26, 2011The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia’s role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government.~ Glenn Harlan ReynoldsIf the rest of the country had adopted right-to-carry concealed-handgun provisions in 1992, about 1,500 murders and 4,000 rapes would have been avoided.~ John R. Lott, Jr.The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretense by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.~ William Rawle Jan 25, 2011The moment men obtain perfect freedom, that moment they erect a stage for the manifestation of their faults. The strong characters begin to go wrong by excess of energy; the weak by remissness of action.~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLiberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.~ John F. KennedyLaws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.~ John Godfrey Saxe Jan 24, 2011Freedom rings where opinions clash.~ Adlai E. Stevenson IIWhen we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.~ Justice Charles Evans HughesThe empires of the future are the empires of the mind.~ Sir Winston Churchill Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print