Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-10-23 Oct 23, 2013In war, truth is the first casualty.~ Aeschylus[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.~ Alexander HamiltonNo protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.~ Alexis de Tocqueville Oct 22, 2013The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses, have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right, and denied absolutely that a human being is accountable to others for his religious belief. Yet so natural to mankind is intolerance in whatever they really care about, that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realised, except where religious indifference, which dislikes to have its peace disturbed by theological quarrels, has added its weight to the scale.~ John Stuart MillThere is not anything, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning supernatural inspiration or revelation; not considering that all true religion originates from reason, and cannot otherwise be understood, but by the exercise and improvement of it.~ Ethan AllenEvery man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Oct 21, 2013But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.~ Andrew JacksonAny philosophy worth considering must attempt to account for the existence of evil in the world.~ Elie KedourieCivilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.~ José Ortega y Gasset Oct 18, 2013I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.~ Adam SmithAny fool can criticize, condemn and complain -- and most fools do.~ Dale CarnegieWhat is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Oct 17, 2013Whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.~ Jonathan SwiftWe should...be able to see that our interest would be best served not by asking the state to promulgate our values but by forbidding the state to promulgate any values at all. If the state can espouse some value that we love, it can, with equal justice, espouse others we do not love.~ Richard MitchellProhibition was introduced as a fraud; it has been nursed as a fraud. It is wrapped in the livery of Heaven, but it comes to serve the devil. It comes to regulate by law our appetites and our daily lives. It comes to tear down liberty and build up fanaticism, hypocrisy, and intolerance. It comes to confiscate by legislative decree the property of many of our fellow citizens. It comes to send spies, detectives, and informers into our homes; to have us arrested and carried before courts and condemned to fines and imprisonments. It comes to dissipate the sunlight of happiness, peace, and prosperity in which we are now living and to fill our land with alienations, estrangements, and bitterness. It comes to bring us evil - only evil - and that continually. Let us rise in our might as one and overwhelm it with such indignation that we shall never hear of it again as long as grass grows and water runs.~ Roger Quarles Mills Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print