Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2022-12-28 Dec 28, 2022It is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence. And any who act as if freedom’s defenses are found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America.~ Dwight D. EisenhowerI never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.~ Harry S. TrumanCensorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion... In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.~ Henry Steele Commager Dec 27, 2022Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.~ Albert EinsteinAll truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.~ Galileo GalileiWithout seeking, truth cannot be known at all. It can neither be declared from pulpits, nor set down in articles, nor in any wise prepared and sold in packages ready for use. Truth must be ground for every man by itself out of it such, with such help as he can get, indeed, but not without stern labor of his own.~ John Ruskin Dec 26, 2022And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.~ Jesus of NazarethThe truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.~ Jim BishopHe is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.~ William Cowper Dec 23, 2022The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.~ George OrwellFear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts.~ Thomas JeffersonHe who dares not offend cannot be honest.~ Thomas Paine Dec 22, 2022Truth: the most deadly weapon ever discovered by humanity. Capable of destroying entire perceptual sets, cultures, and realities. Outlawed by all governments everywhere. Possession is normally punishable by death.~ John GilmoreThere are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.~ Roger BaconTruth never tranquilizes. The defining property of truth is its ability to disturb. Jesus only told half the story. The truth 'will' set you free. But, first it's going to piss you off.~ Solomon Short Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print