Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-03-26 Mar 25, 2011He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth or duty.~ Khalil GibranWhat you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonThe right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of the oppression, if they are strong enough, either by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.~ Ulysses S. Grant Mar 24, 2011The Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.~ William H. Rehnquist Mar 23, 2011Unable to maintain their government-granted monopoly, the powerful railroad interests turned to government to do the regulating and price-fixing which they were unable to do themselves. In fact, the pressure that induced Congress to enact the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 did not come from reformers bemoaning abuses by the powerful railroad interests; it came from the railroad interests themselves, asking Congress to shield them against the harsh winds of competition.~ Dan Smoot[T]he Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are parttime positions. Most decisions are made at the canton (state) level. Swiss per capita income is the highest in the world, showing that non-aggression pays. How did the Swiss come to adopt a relatively non-aggressive constitution in an aggressive world? In the mid-1800s, they imitated our constitution and stuck with it!~ Dr. Mary J. RuwartHere in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your wealth and control most aspects of your business and private life.~ Mark Skousen Mar 22, 2011Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.~ Thomas SowellDestroy the family, you destroy the country.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninAn economist is a man that can tell you...what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.~ Will Rogers Mar 21, 2011Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.~ Adam SmithThe only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of justice and protection; and they who cannot provide for both give the people a right of taking such ways as best please themselves, in order to their own safety.~ Algernon SidneyThe tax that was supposed to soak the rich has instead soaked America. The beneficiary of the income tax has not been the poor, but big government. The income tax has given us a government bureaucracy that outnumbers the manufacturing work force. It has created welfare dependencies that have entrapped millions of Americans in an underclass that is forced to live a sordid existence of trading votes for government handouts.~ Paul Craig Roberts Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print