Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-06-22 Jun 22, 2016Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society.~ Frances WrightMost of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.~ Isabel PatersonThe main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Jun 21, 2016Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.~ James MadisonPolitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidarity to pure wind.~ George OrwellPropaganda is persuading people to make up their minds while withholding some of the facts from them.~ Harold Evans Jun 20, 2016The devil’s best trick is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist!~ Charles BaudelaireThe conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.~ Edward BernaysI wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either.~ Edward Zehr Jun 17, 2016Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.~ Frederic BastiatThe mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its purpose is to protect persons and property.... If you exceed this proper limit -- if you attempt to make the law religious, fraternal, equalizing, philanthropic, industrial, or artistic -- you will then be lost in uncharted territory, in vagueness and uncertainty, in a forced utopia or, even worse, in a multitude of utopias, each striving to seize the law and impose it on you.~ Frederic BastiatCan we truly expect those who aim to exploit us to be trusted to educate us?~ Eric Schaub Jun 16, 2016A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value. In a truly free society, any business that disrespects its customers will fail, and deserves to do so. The same should be true of any government that disrespects its citizens. The central belief and fatal conceit of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own life, but those in power are capable of running it for you. This is the essence of big government and collectivism.~ Charles KochNational defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman.~ John AdamsTry this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?~ Walter E. Williams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print