Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-08-16 Aug 16, 2016The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that’s happened in American political life.~ John SilberThere is no such thing ... in America as an independent press.~ John SwintonOnly the suppressed word is dangerous.~ Ludwig Börne Aug 15, 2016The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.~ Patrick HenryFreedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions.~ Ronald ReaganA free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society.~ Walter Lippmann Aug 12, 2016I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.~ Keith RichardsOne role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative.~ Milton FriedmanLaws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.~ Thomas Jefferson Aug 11, 2016It is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to vote for the Nazis - with the explanation that they could later fight the Nazis for power, but first they had to help destroy their common enemy: capitalism and its parliamentary form of government.~ Ayn RandLet us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.~ John F. KennedyO liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!~ Madame Jeanne-Marie Roland Aug 10, 2016We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one - the one we use - which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.~ Mark TwainThose who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed.~ Arthur S. MillerWhen the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.~ Franklin P. Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print