Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-08-24 Aug 24, 2021The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s spiritual energies have been exhausted, it will not be saved from collapse by the most perfect government structure or by any industrial development. A tree with a rotten core cannot stand.~ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good just because it’s accepted by a majority. ~ Booker T. WashingtonCustom may suffice as the basis of law, but is inadequate as the basis of justice. Tyranny, not liberty, has been the custom in the past; and so Libertarians reject custom as a guiding principle, just as they reject power or might. They know that justice is not something that was, or is, but that is to be.~ Charles T. Sprading Aug 23, 2021Can anybody point me to that one time in history where the side that was demanding censorship, segregation, propaganda, radical education, papers to move freely in society, plus government forces going door to door to demand compliance were the good guys?~ Candace OwensNo, there is a limit to the tyrant's power! When the oppressed man finds no justice, When the burden grows unbearable, he appeals With fearless heart to Heaven, And thence brings down his everlasting rights, Which there abide, inalienably his, And indestructible as stars themselves. The primal state of nature reappears, Wherein man confronts his fellow man; And if all other means shall fail his need, One last resort remains—his own good sword. The dearest of our goods we may defend From violence. We stand before our country, We stand before our wives, before our children!~ Friedrich SchillerThe further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.~ George Orwell Aug 20, 2021We should never define libertarian positions in terms coined by liberals and conservatives, nor as some variant of their positions. We are not fiscally conservative and socially liberal. We are libertarians, who believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues at all times.~ Harry BrowneAppeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will turn vegetarian.~ Heywood Hale BrounUnderlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.~ Milton Friedman Aug 19, 2021Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.~ Chinese ProverbThe only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.~ Eleanor Holmes NortonWe are all full of weakness and errors, let us mutually pardon each other our follies. It is the first law of nature.~ Voltaire Aug 18, 2021The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes~ Justice Felix FrankfurterOnly the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.~ Marshall McLuhanIn the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.~ Nelson Antrim Crawford Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print