Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2017-08-12 Aug 11, 2017A shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.~ Carl Gustav JungA society committed to the search for truth must give protection to, and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind, however angular, however rasping, however, socially unpleasant it may be; for it is upon such minds in large measure, that the effective search for truth depends.~ Caryl Parker HaskinsThe individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called “society,” or the “nation,” which is only a collection of individuals.~ Emma Goldman Aug 10, 2017America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation.~ Henry Steele CommagerFreedom for supporters of the government only, for members of one party only -- no matter how big its membership may be -- is no freedom at all. Freedom is always freedom for the man who thinks differently.~ Rosa LuxemburgIf you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. ~ Frank Herbert Aug 9, 2017The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may only resort to force only against those who start the use of force.~ Ayn RandI want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.~ Harry BrowneSociety is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.~ Thomas Paine Aug 8, 2017The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.~ Albert GallatinLaws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.~ Baruch SpinozaFreedom is not a fixed and possessed thing. It is a quality of life. And like action itself, it is something experienced only by individuals.~ Neil A. McDonald Aug 7, 2017I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?~ D. H. LawrenceWe demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.~ Calvin CoolidgeLiberty is quite as much a moral as a political growth,--the result of free individual action, energy, and independence.~ Samuel Smiles Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print