Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-08-12 Aug 12, 2021Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.~ Alan BarthCensors are infused with the sentiment of moral indignation – a dangerous and misleading sentiment because, by blinding those who voice it to the real reasons for their indignation, it makes them puppets whose fears can be manipulated for ends and purposes they do not foresee or intend.~ Carey McWilliamsWhat ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS.~ Ed Biersmith Aug 11, 2021I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.~ General Douglas MacArthurThe real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities states and nation. At the head is a small group of banking houses generally referred to as 'international bankers.' This little coterie... run our government for their own selfish ends. It operates under cover of a self-created screen...[and] seizes...our executive officers... legislative bodies... schools... courts... newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.~ John F. HylanThe major function of secrecy in Washington is to keep the U.S. people ... from knowing what the nation’s leaders are doing.~ John Stockwell Aug 10, 2021Every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add… artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers -- who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.~ Andrew JacksonThe real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American president.~ Franklin D. RooseveltOur modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned.~ Swami Nirmalananda Aug 9, 2021We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.~ Edmund BurkeA dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.~ BuddhaHow you can win the population for war: At first, the statesman will invent cheap lying, that impute the guilt of the attacked nation, and each person will be happy over this deceit, that calm the conscience. It will study it detailed and refuse to test arguments of the other opinion. So he will convince step for step even therefrom that the war is just and thank God, that he, after this process of grotesque even deceit, can sleep better.~ Mark Twain Aug 6, 2021Sound money and free banking are not impossible; they are merely illegal. Freedom of money and freedom of banking...are the principles that must guide our steps.~ Hans F. SennholzNothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.~ James BaldwinIf you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.~ Joseph Sobran Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print