Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2023-07-24 Jul 24, 2023None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it.~ Hubert H. HumphreyThe issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.~ Thomas JeffersonThe marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.~ William E. Borah Jul 21, 2023No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore our belief in our own guidance.~ Henry MillerThe individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.~ Rudyard KiplingNow the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. ~ The Holy Bible Jul 20, 2023A shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.~ Carl Gustav JungPeople take different roads seeking fulfillment & happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Jul 19, 2023The state is the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies, too; and this lie creeps from its mouth: `I, the state, am the people.'... Everything about it is false; it bites with stolen teeth. ~ Friedrich NietzscheThe state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.~ H. L. MenckenThe people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction or exaction inflicted upon him.~ James Bovard Jul 18, 2023There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.~ Elie WieselAt the bottom of a good deal of bravery... lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.~ E. H. ChapinI know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.~ Frederick Douglass Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print