Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-07-16 Jul 16, 2015The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.~ Friedrich August von HayekMake men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherLiberation is not deliverance.~ Victor Hugo Jul 15, 2015I call the mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith...~ William Ellery ChanningYou can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.~ Navajo ProverbWeak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.~ Thomas Carlyle Jul 14, 2015The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men.~ PlatoThe wise do freely, early and in good time, what fools do later out of necessity.~ ProverbWe must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jul 13, 2015The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may justify our belief in it, that it tolerates error in order to serve truth.~ Walter LippmannIf we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.~ Immanuel Hermann von FichteThe purpose of life is to live a life of purpose.~ Robert Byrne Jul 10, 2015How bad do things have to get before you do something? Do they have to take away all your property? Do they have to license every activity that you want to engage in? Do they have to start throwing you on cattle cars before you say “now wait a minute, I don’t think this is a good idea.” How long is it going to be before you finally resist and say “No, I will not comply. Period!” Ask yourself now because sooner or later you are going to come to that line, and when they cross it, you’re going to say well now cross this line; ok now cross that line; ok now cross this line. Pretty soon you’re in a corner. Sooner or later you’ve got to stand your ground whether anybody else does or not. That is what liberty is all about.~ Michael BadnarikProsperity requires liberty: to be productive we must be free.~ Jarret B. Wollstein Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print