Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-08-18 Aug 18, 2020We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose this battle.~ Benjamin E. MaysFreedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred.~ Edward EverettI am not free until I say so. And there's a good chance I am going to have to fight once I do. Ever since I declared my Independence, I have had to support and defend it.~ Eric Schaub Aug 17, 2020Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind.~ James WilsonThe things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiThe whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.~ Thomas Jefferson Aug 14, 2020The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.~ John RuskinMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.~ Lao-TzuIf everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.~ Molière Aug 13, 2020Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue.~ François Duc de La RochefoucauldA wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.~ Jean de la BruyereNo one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.~ Salvador de Madariaga Aug 12, 2020A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.~ Alexander PopeA life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.~ George Bernard ShawThe opposition is indispensable. A good statesmen, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.~ Walter Lippmann Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print