Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-05-24 May 24, 2021The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate -- shall I say third-rate? -- mind, Karl Marx.~ H. G. WellsA world of unseen dictatorship is conceivable, still using the forms of democratic government.~ Kenneth BouldingThe creation of money exclusively as debt is the critical, destabilizing flaw in the American Economy.~ Theodore R. Thoren May 21, 2021The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.~ Ayn RandYou have to remember, rights don’t come in groups we shouldn’t have ‘gay rights’; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn’t have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group.~ Dr. Ron PaulI don’t believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.~ Justice Clarence Thomas May 20, 2021'Parent choice' proceeds from the belief that the purpose of education is to provide individual students with an education. In fact, educating the individual is but a means to the true end of education, which is to create a viable social order to which individuals contribute and by which they are sustained. 'Family choice' is, therefore, basically selfish and anti-social in that it focuses on the 'wants' of a single family rather than the 'needs' of society.~ Association of California School AdministratorsWe are opposed to state interference with parental rights and rights of conscience in the education of children as an infringement of the fundamental Democratic doctrine that the largest individual liberty consistent with the rights of others insures the highest type of American citizenship and the best government.~ Democratic National Platform of 1892The right to freedom of expression is justified first of all as the right of an individual purely in his capacity as an individual. It derives from the widely accepted premise of Western thought that the proper end of man is the realization of his character and potentialities as a human being.~ Thomas I. Emerson May 19, 2021Any excuse will serve a tyrant.~ AesopThe smaller the mind the greater the conceit.~ AesopWhile I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.~ Aesop May 18, 2021Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother restrict their freedom of speech on campus. This demand for enhanced censorship is not emanating only from the usual corner – the know-nothing fundamentalist right – it is coming from the radical, and increasingly not-so-radical left as well.~ Alan DershowitzWe believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture.~ American Library AssociationIn the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.~ C. E. M. Joad Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print