Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-05-28 May 28, 2012The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny.~ William Ellery ChanningThe tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy... If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government—and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws.~ Edward AbbeyYou may not be interested in war, but war is very interested in you.~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi May 25, 2012The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiFor the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.~ Niccolo MachiavelliThose who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities!~ Voltaire May 24, 2012The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.~ Gilbert Keith ChestertonThe urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it.~ H. L. MenckenHumanity's most valuable assets have been the non-conformists. Were it not for the non-conformists, he who refuses to be satisfied to go along with the continuance of things as they are, and insists upon attempting to find new ways of bettering things, the world would have known little progress, indeed.~ Josiah William Gitt May 23, 2012It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation's moral issues and, indeed, its destiny? .... The duplicitous soul of a leader can only make a nation more sophisticated in evil.~ Dr. Ravi ZachariasDogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.~ Felix AdlerPerhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.~ Friedrich August von Hayek May 22, 2012We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.~ AesopThe history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police.~ Carl J. FriedrichIf Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.~ Charley Reese Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print