Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-06-22 Jun 22, 2020The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms and false reasonings is a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind. Were you once to become acquainted with these, you could never entertain a thought, that all men are not, by nature, entitled to a parity of privileges. You would be convinced, that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that; and cannot be wrested from any people, without the most manifest violation of justice.~ Alexander HamiltonLet the laws be clear, uniform and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.~ Voltaire Jun 19, 2020All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.~ Ellen GlasgowIs there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?~ Friedrich August von HayekThat frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, and a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty, and keep government free. The people ought, therefore, to pay particular attention to these points, in the choice of officers and representatives, and have a right to exact a due and constant regard to them, from their legislators and magistrates, in the making and executing such laws as are necessary for the good government of the State.~ Vermont Declaration of Rights Jun 18, 2020The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.~ Anne Morrow LindberghIt takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.~ Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe reality is, if we tell the truth, we only have to tell the truth once. If you lie, you have to keep lying forever.~ Rabbi Wayne Dosick Jun 17, 2020Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.~ Thomas SowellSome who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.~ Khalil GibranBy academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true.~ Albert Einstein Jun 16, 2020Heretics were often most bitterly persecuted for their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that irritated the righteous to madness. Why can they not yield on so trifling a matter?~ Leo ShestovTo be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.~ Ernest RenanWhen even one American -- who has done nothing wrong -- is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril.~ Harry S. Truman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print