Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2017-10-17 Oct 17, 2017You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable! – fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home, all the more powerful because they are forbidden. These terrify them. A little mouse – a little tiny mouse! – of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.~ Sir Winston Churchill[R]estricting arms to the military and police eviscerates the principle that power should flow from the people to government, and turns the government into a master rather than a servant.~ Robert DowlutAnyone who confuses liberty lovers with nazis or other fascists is waaaayy too stupid (or evil) to deserve respect.~ Bert Rand Oct 16, 2017Constitutions are made of paper; Bayonets are made of steel.~ French AphorismOne sword keeps another in the sheath.~ George HerbertFor those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.~ Harry Browne Oct 13, 2017The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.~ Alexander Ivanovich HerzenIn questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.~ Galileo GalileiThe strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.~ Henrik Ibsen Oct 12, 2017Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others.~ Alistair CookeIt has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.~ Eric HofferBy giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.~ Friedrich August von Hayek Oct 11, 2017Vitality springs from diversity -- which makes for real progress so long as there is mutual toleration, based on the recognition that worse may come from an attempt to suppress differences than from acceptance of them. For this reason, the kind of peace that makes progress possible is best assured by the mutual checks created by a balance of forces-alike in the sphere of internal politics and of international relations.~ B. H. Liddell HartEvery kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.~ Jesus of NazarethYou know your country is dying when you have to make a distinction between what is moral and ethical, and what is legal.~ John De Armond Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print