Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2024-11-26 Nov 26, 2024Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think. [Lat., Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis, et quae sentias dicere licet.]~ Cornelius TacitusThe remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.~ Eric HofferI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' ... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nov 25, 2024No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.~ AesopAmerica would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, and two-thirds of our government regulations, restrictions, inhibitions were removed.~ Albert J. BeveridgeYour success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but what happens inside your house.~ Barbara Bush Nov 22, 2024The human race divides itself politically into those who want to be controlled, and those who have no such desire.~ Robert A. HeinleinPeople demand freedom only when they have no power.~ Friedrich NietzscheThe difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.~ Ayn Rand Nov 21, 2024Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.~ Sigmund FreudLiberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.~ George Bernard Shaw Nov 20, 2024In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all - security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.~ Edward GibbonThe real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he must assume for his own welfare and security.~ Robert WelchThe proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself.~ Thomas Szasz Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print