Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-12-24 Dec 24, 2013Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.~ Clarence S. DarrowIf language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.~ ConfuciusThe spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom -- they are the pillars of society.~ Henrik Ibsen Dec 23, 2013Letting a maximum number of views be heard regularly is not just a nice philosophical notion. It is the best way any society has yet discovered to detect maladjustments quickly, to correct injustices, and to discover new ways to meet our continuing stream of novel problems that rise in a changing environment.~ Ben H. BagdikianBelieve nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.~ BuddhaMen, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.~ Charles Mackay Dec 20, 2013The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.~ Georges BernanosThere is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiA good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it.~ William Penn Dec 19, 2013Did you ever hear anyone say, “That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me.”~ Joseph Henry JacksonAnd to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?~ Thomas Babington MacaulayThe greatest Glory of a free-born People, Is to transmit that Freedom to their Children.~ William Havard Dec 18, 2013The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period.~ George WashingtonDriven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience, direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.~ Samuel AdamsThe history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print