Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-03-18 Mar 18, 2020Whatever 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 McWilliamsThe governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more refined, the school.~ Friedrich NietzscheThe greatest of all infidelities is the fear that the truth will be bad.~ Herbert Spencer Mar 17, 2020Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.~ John AdamsNo passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.~ Edmund BurkeCourage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.~ Sir Winston Churchill Mar 16, 2020Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.~ Alexander HamiltonThe ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security; in other words, to strengthen his natural right to exist and work without injury to himself or others. No, the object of government is not to change men from rational beings into beasts or puppets, but to enable them to develope their minds and bodies in security, and to employ their reason unshackled; neither showing hatred, anger, or deceit, nor watched with the eyes of jealousy and injustice. In fact, the true aim of government is liberty.~ Baruch SpinozaWorse than war is the very fear of war.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Mar 13, 2020It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.~ Eric HofferSecurity is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.~ Helen KellerEvery collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of 'emergency'. It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And 'emergency' became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.~ Herbert Hoover Mar 12, 2020The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights...~ Ayn RandThe supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them...~ Thomas PaineGood government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.~ Elias Boudinot Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print