Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2014-04-27 Apr 25, 2014It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet know which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support.~ Friedrich August von HayekFreedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.~ George OrwellThe justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.~ Henry Steele Commager Apr 24, 2014In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form, so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess.~ David HorowitzIt is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power -- power to oppress others. The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.~ Eric HofferThe only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.~ Eugene McCarthy Apr 23, 2014Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.~ François Duc de La RochefoucauldTolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Apr 22, 2014Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.~ Albert EinsteinWhat a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.~ Friedrich August von HayekWho would be free themselves must strike the blow.~ Lord Byron Apr 21, 2014He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.~ Henry GeorgeThe man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave.~ Alexis de TocquevilleDeal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.~ Chinese Proverb Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print