Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-08-17 Aug 17, 2016To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries.~ Virginia WoolfWhatever the individual motives of the censors may be, censorship is a form of social control. It is a means of holding a society together, of arresting the flux which censors fear. And since the fear cannot be appeased, the demands for censorship mount in volume and intensity. And one form of censorship can easily lead to other forms.~ Carey McWilliamsIf the political-correctness fascists get their way, we can safely assume it will be correct-thinking, “political cleansing” squads deciding what we can or cannot say on the Intenet. These people fear public debate and demand homogenization of “acceptable” attitudes compatible with their emotional, utopian idealism.~ Charles W. Moore 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print