Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2021-12-20 Dec 20, 2021There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity -- the law of nature, and of nations.~ Edmund BurkeAll Men have a Right to remain in a State of Nature as long as they please: And in case of intolerable Oppression, civil or religious, to leave the Society they belong to and enter into another. When Men enter into Society, it is by voluntary Consent, and they have a Right to demand and insist upon the performance of such Conditions and previous Limitations as form an equitable original Compact.~ Samuel AdamsThe God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.~ Thomas Jefferson Dec 17, 2021Remember this, if you can. There is nothing more precious than time. You probably feel you have a measureless supply of it, but you have not. Wasted hours destroy your life just as surely at the beginning as at the end, only in the end it becomes more obvious.~ Herman WoukLive among men as if God beheld you; speak with God as if men were listening.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaHowever, is it not prudent, since no one has gone into the future, to pay attention to our elders?~ Thomas Martin Dec 16, 2021Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.~ John Quincy AdamsAs we struggle to teach our children … we dare not forget that our civilization was built by men and women who placed their faith in a loving God. If Congress can begin each day with a moment of prayer … so then can our sons and daughters.~ Ronald ReaganEvery man – in the development of his own personality – has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence, suppression of belief, opinion and expression is an affront to the dignity of man, a negation of man’s essential nature.~ Thomas I. Emerson Dec 15, 2021All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.~ BuddhaI have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.~ Dwight Lyman MoodySooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.~ Robert Louis Stevenson Dec 14, 2021Any one having a white face, and being so disposed, could stop us, and subject us to examination. ... When I get there [in Pennsylvania], I shall not be required to have a pass; I can travel without being disturbed.~ Frederick DouglassThe executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.~ George WashingtonThere comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.~ Hartley Shawcross Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print