Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-02-03 Feb 3, 2021A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.~ Alexis de TocquevilleAuthority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.~ Anne BradstreetThe possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.~ George D. Herron Feb 2, 2021In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.~ Charles de GaulleGovernments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more.~ Francisco FerrerGet all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.~ Frank Dane Feb 1, 2021You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.~ Harry BrowneGuard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.~ Patrick HenryThere have existed, in every age and every country, two distinct orders of men – the lovers of freedom and the devoted advocates of power.~ Robert Y. Hayne Jan 29, 2021Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of the weak, their capacity for pain, humiliation and misery.~ Georges BernanosThe moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiThe doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.~ New Hampshire Constitution Jan 28, 2021Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and others will alter towards him.~ James AllenFreedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackThe use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interest.~ Milton Friedman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print