Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-08-05 Aug 4, 2021The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.~ Luc de ClapiersAn honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.~ Thomas JeffersonHonor lies in honest toil.~ Grover Cleveland Aug 3, 2021The general object was to produce a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origins, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy.~ Edmund Randolph[L]iberty, or the absence of coercion, or the leaving people to think, speak, and act as they please, is in itself a good thing. It is the object of a favourable presumption. The burden of proving it inexpedient always lies, and wholly lies, on those who wish to abridge it by coercion, whether direct or indirect.~ John MorleyLiberty is not a cruise ship full of pampered passengers. Liberty is a man-of-war, and we are all crew.~ Kenneth W. Royce Aug 2, 2021To be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.~ e. e. cummingsGovernment is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.~ John AdamsTo love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.~ John Locke Jul 30, 2021Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.~ Abraham LincolnNo person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.~ Calvin CoolidgeA moderate is either someone who has no moral code of his own, or if he does, then he's someone who doesn't have the guts to take sides between good and evil.~ Rick Gaber Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print