Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-02-04 Feb 4, 2021English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as an absolute monarch; and if the vigour of the nation is to continue unimpaired, each individual, each family, each district, must preserve as far as possible its independence, its self-completeness, its powers and its privilege to manage its own affairs and think its own thoughts.~ James Anthony FroudeThose in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.~ Justice William O. DouglasA race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists.~ Max Stirner 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print