Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2014-09-23 Sep 22, 2014At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities....~ Lord Acton[T]here is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order." ~ Niccolo MachiavelliThe fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.~ Vincent van Gogh Sep 19, 2014Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.~ Franklin P. AdamsWhen I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.~ Mark TwainThe man who views the world at 50 the same way he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.~ Mohammed Ali Sep 18, 2014Collectivism is a form of anthropomorphism. It attempts to see a group of individuals as having a single identity similar to a person. ... Collectivism demands that the group be more important than the individual. It requires the individual to sacrifice himself for the alleged good of the group.~ Jeff LandauerThe policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism ...~ Nathaniel BrandenA man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Sep 17, 2014Today, The Daily Telegraph starts its 'A Free Country' campaign. Week by week, and in major individual investigations, we shall examine how freedom is being taken away, whether by Westminster or Whitehall or Brussels or any other authority. We shall try to annoy the control freaks, whether they are Right, Left or Centre, and we shall welcome allies for freedom from all quarters. The Conservative leadership contestants hardly breathe a word about freedom. The Labour Government's Queen's Speech is a shopping list of attacks on our liberties. There's plenty to do. Libertad o muerte!~ Daily TelegraphIndividuality is freedom lived.~ John Dos PassosThe heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most of his capacities and opportunities according to his own lights…This implies a belief in the equality of man in one sense; in their inequality in another.~ Milton Friedman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print