Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-07-26 Jul 26, 2021A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying to others and to yourself.~ Fyodor DostoyevskyTo die for an idea: it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true.~ H. L. MenckenThe hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.~ Ambrose Bierce Jul 23, 2021In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so? Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism -- including, of course, legal despotism? Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?~ Frederic BastiatLiberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own government, to levy their own taxes, and to make their own laws.... There was second, the liberty of the individual man to live his own life, within the limits of decency and decorum, as he pleased -- freedom from the despotism of the majority.~ H. L. MenckenEvery kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.~ Jesus of Nazareth Jul 22, 2021It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.~ Edmund BurkeResolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed.~ Étienne de la BoétieThe truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.~ General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jul 21, 2021It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.~ A. A. HodgeOur own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.~ Samuel Taylor ColeridgeAll our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.~ William Kingdon Clifford Jul 20, 2021When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.~ Abraham LincolnAlthough the legal and ethical definitions of right are the antithesis of each other, most writers use them as synonyms. They confuse power with goodness, and mistake law for justice.~ Charles T. SpradingIf language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.~ Confucius Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print