Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-09-26 Sep 26, 2013Today the Justice Department did issue a blanket alert. It was in recognition of a general threat we received. This is not the first time the Justice Department have acted like this. I hope it is the last. But given the attitude of the evildoers, it may not be.~ George W. BushThe core issue facing the American people is this: Have the guardians become the terrorists?~ Jacob G. HornbergerThe civil liberties of people of all ideologies are threatened by a government determined to appear tough on terrorism. The government is going to be given broad new powers to investigate people for political activities -- activities on both sides of the political spectrum.~ Laura Murphy Sep 25, 2013I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.~ Edward Everett HaleThe limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.~ Frederick DouglassOne who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law ... We will not obey your evil laws.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sep 24, 2013Taking into account all levels of government, the net tax rate of those born in 1920 is 29% over their lifetimes, rising gradually to 34% for those born in 1980. For the generation born in 1994, it is 84%, and reduced only to 72% by the "extreme" Republican budget proposals. Is it fair for our future citizens to keep only 16% or 28% of their earned income?~ Fred HoldenThere are two distinct classes of men in the nation, those who pay taxes, and those who receive and live upon the taxes.~ Thomas PaineThe Constitution prohibits any direct tax, unless in proportion to numbers as ascertained by the census..... [and] ... prohibits Congress from laying a direct tax on the revenue from property of the citizen without regard to state lines...~ United States Supreme Court Sep 23, 2013The right of property is the guardian of every other right, and to deprive the people of this, is in fact to deprive them of their liberty.~ Arthur LeeCompare this [U.S. taxation] to the plight of medieval serfs. They only had to give the lord of the manor a third of their output and they were considered slaves. So what does that make us.~ Daniel MitchellEvery day, IRS agents levy liens on homes, bank accounts, and businesses; they confiscate cars, furniture, boats, and other personal property without the constitutional protections of due notice, hearing, and due process. If a person forcibly resists, government agents kill him for “resisting arrest.” ~ Jacob G. Hornberger Sep 20, 2013Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes.~ Will DurantWork expands to fill the time available for its completion.~ C. Northcote ParkinsonWho can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.~ The Talmud Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print