Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-02-06 Feb 5, 2021Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaKnowledge is power.~ Sir Francis BaconLet us consider the effect that coercion produces upon the mind of him against whom it is employed. It cannot begin with convincing; it is no argument. It begins with producing the sensation of pain, and the sentiment of distaste. It begins with violently alienating the mind from the truth with which we wish it to be impressed. It includes in it a tacit confession of imbecility. If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is important, but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. ~ William Godwin 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print