Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2011-05-11 May 11, 2011A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will.~ Eric HofferThe struggle for freedom ... is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities -- sometimes of a minority of but one man -- against the majority.~ Ludwig von MisesThe fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices -- paid by others.~ Thomas Sowell May 10, 2011It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason as to administer medication to the dead.~ Thomas JeffersonMake men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.~ William GodwinThe greatest Glory of a free-born People, Is to transmit that Freedom to their Children.~ William Havard May 9, 2011The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.~ Henri-Frédéric AmielChildren should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.~ John AdamsThe only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.~ John Locke May 6, 2011Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying “No” to any authority -- literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.~ Ignazio SiloneIt is the duty of a citizen in a free country not to fit into society but to make society.~ John HoltDo all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.~ John Wesley May 5, 2011Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers.~ Bernhard HaischExample is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.~ Edmund BurkeWe must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.~ Epictetus Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print