Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-03-08 Mar 8, 2012There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, Justice, etc., that are common to all states of society. But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.~ Karl MarxIf today you can take a thing like evolution and make it a crime to teach it in the public school, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private school . . . At the next session you may ban books and newspapers. Soon you may set Catholic against Protestant and Protestant against Protestant, and try to foist your own religion upon the minds of men.~ Clarence S. DarrowThe greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.~ Martha Washington Mar 7, 2012The 1st Amendment embraces the individual's right to purchase and read whatever books she wishes to, without fear the government will take steps to discover which books she buys, reads, and intends to read.~ Colorado Supreme CourtIf what we read today can result in a subpoena or a search warrant tomorrow, fear replaces freedom. We presented three witnesses who said there would, in fact, be a chilling effect if the Tattered Cover was forced to turn over the information.~ Dan RechtIt will be asked whether one would care to have one's young daughter read these books. I suppose that by the time she is old enough to wish to read them she will have learned the biologic facts of life and the words that go with them. There is something seriously wrong at home if those facts have not been met and faced and sorted by then; it is not children so much as parents that should receive our concern about this. I should prefer that my own three daughters meet the facts of life and the literature of the world in my library than behind a neighbor's barn, for I can face the adversary there directly. If the young ladies are appalled by what they read, they can close the book at the bottom of page one; if they read further, they will learn what is in the world and in its people, and no parents who have been discerning with their children need fear the outcome. Nor can they hold it back, for life is a series of little battles and minor issues, and the burden of choice is on us all, every day, young and old~ Judge Curtis Bok Mar 6, 2012We fought the Revolutionary War for no taxation without representation, it seems to me that we are much worse off today, because we are heavily taxed, and only the king's corporations control this Country, together with mob rule, of the special interests.~ James MontgomeryMadness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.~ Friedrich NietzscheCan you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500 employees with the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse. 7 have been arrested for fraud. 19 have been accused of writing bad checks. 117 have bankrupted at least two businesses. 3 have been arrested for assault. 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit. 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges. 8 have been arrested for shoplifting. 21 are current defendants in law suits. 84 were stopped for drunk driving in 1998 alone. Can you guess which organization this is? Give up? It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in line.~ Jack Sharp Mar 5, 2012Why are we proud [to be American]? We are proud, first of all, because from the beginning of this Nation, a man can walk upright, no matter who he is, or who she is. He can walk upright and meet his friend -- or his enemy; and he does not fear that because that enemy may be in a position of great power that he can be suddenly thrown in jail to rot there without charges and with no recourse to justice. We have the habeas corpus act, and we respect it.~ Dwight D. EisenhowerThe liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.~ Patrick HenryAll our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.~ William Kingdon Clifford Mar 2, 2012In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.~ Rupertus MeldeniusWhatever power you give to the good cops, goes to the bad ones, too. Never forget that.~ Phillip J. BirminghamGoodness without wisdom always accomplished evil.~ Robert A. Heinlein Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print