Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2012-10-24 Oct 24, 2012A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.~ Imamu Amiri BarakaIn existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe, but there is no concept of a criminal state, or a criminal government, or criminal legislation. Consequently, the biggest crimes actually escape being called crimes.~ P. D. OuspenskyBy physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Oct 23, 2012It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.~ Mark TwainIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.~ Noam ChomskyI believe in my right to be wrong, and still more in my right to be right.~ Owen Lattimore Oct 22, 2012Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.~ Sir Winston ChurchillNearly all men can withstand adversity; if you want to test a man's character, give him power.~ Abraham LincolnThere is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom for in that way one captures volition itself.~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Oct 19, 2012The GOP has as much commitment to small government as the Democratic Party has to a strong national defense.~ John Dobbins Oct 18, 2012One Blue Dog Democratic House Member reminded me earlier this month of the saying that 'insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' He wondered if his fellow Members weren't more in need of advice from psychiatrists than from economists at this point.~ John FundA large number of people, certainly the majority of the political looter class, think the best way to deal with the rapidly deepening economic crisis is via 'stimulus packages' with money plucked off the magic money tree... which is to say, by trying to re-inflate the credit bubble that actually caused the crisis. This is a bit like treating alcoholics by urging them to buy more whiskey.~ Perry de HavillandMany politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy.~ Walter E. Williams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print