Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2022-04-12 Apr 12, 2022Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from the oppression of the majority. ... The citizen must not be so narrowly circumscribed in his activities that, if he thinks differently from those in power, his only choice is either to perish or to destroy the machinery of state.~ Ludwig von MisesI am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.~ Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Apr 11, 2022All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.~ H. L. MenckenRestless is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress.~ Thomas A. EdisonThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.~ Thomas Jefferson Apr 8, 2022Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains and always was.~ D. H. LawrenceHuman reason can neither predict nor deliberately shape its own future. Its advances consist in finding out where it has been wrong.~ Friedrich August von HayekI don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. Apr 7, 2022If you suppose that good intentions justify intruding on the lives and properties of your fellow citizens: Do you appreciate being the target of somebody else's good intentions, or haven't you had that particular dubious pleasure yet?~ Cat FarmerUnfortunately, the fundamental concepts of dignity, respect, equality before the law and personal freedom are under attack by the nation’s own government. That’s why, if we want to restore a free society and create greater well-being and opportunity for all Americans, we have no choice but to fight for those principles. ~ Charles KochThe objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think.~ H. L. Mencken Apr 6, 2022Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.~ Carl Gustav JungStanding up to a tyrant has always been illegal and dangerous. There is no guarantee but one -- to not live like a slave, nor to die like one.~ Eric SchaubThe simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print