Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-04-09 Apr 9, 2020Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.~ William Pitt'Useful,' and 'necessity' was always 'the tyrant's plea'.~ C. S. LewisThe tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.~ Edmund Burke Apr 8, 2020The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.~ William Henry HarrisonNip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.~ John AdamsAnd remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.~ Lord Acton Apr 7, 2020To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in the ability of average people to peacefully, productively coexist without some official policing their every move. The State is merely another human institution - less creative than Microsoft, less reliable than Federal Express, less responsible than the average farmer husbanding his land, and less prudent than the average citizen spending his own paycheck.~ James Bovard... absolutely we see this as an opportunity to reshape the way we do business and how we govern.~ Gavin NewsomThis is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.~ James Clyburn Apr 6, 2020Besides, he who follows another not only discovers nothing but is not even investigating.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaLoyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.~ Mark Twain Apr 3, 2020A people who mean to continue free must be prepared to meet danger in person; not rely upon the fallacious protection of mercenary armies.~ Edmund RandolphI have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.~ Napoleon BonaparteThis is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But, it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.~ Sir Winston Churchill Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print