Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-03-17 Mar 17, 2015It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens, and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freeman of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise, and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle.~ James MadisonGovernment of the self was the original basis for republican government, reflecting the view that civil society was much more than politics. Society was made up of men and women who gave order to their lives by entering into associations on a voluntary basis, quite apart from government, for all the various reasons of fellowship, philanthrophy, faith and commerce.~ Hans L. EicholzThe nearer the power to enact laws and control public servants lies with the great body of the people, the more nearly does a government take unto itself the form of a republic -- not in name alone, but in fact.~ Oregon Supreme Court Mar 16, 2015Every private citizen has a public responsibility.~ Myra Janco DanielsThe price of greatness is responsibility.~ Sir Winston ChurchillOur job [journalism] is to monitor the centres of power.~ Amira Hass Mar 13, 2015The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.~ Japanese ProverbAny single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.~ John LockeMorality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.~ Léon Blum Mar 12, 2015Television has allowed us to create a common culture, and without it we would not have been able to accomplish our goal.~ Dr. Morris JanowitzOur ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside of ourselves will affect us.~ Steven R. CoveyLet them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.~ Thomas Jefferson Mar 11, 2015We hold that the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong, that in the exercise thereof people have an inviolable right to express their unbridled thoughts on all topics and personalities, being liable only for the use of that right.~ William Randolph Hearst Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print