Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-06-14 Jun 12, 2026Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.~ Michel De Montaigne[Natural rights are] moral claims to those spheres of action which are necessary for the welfare of the individual and the development of his personality.~ Miner Searle BatesWhat a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?~ William Winwood Reade Jun 11, 2026He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth or duty.~ Khalil GibranI prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.~ Thomas JeffersonBetter to dwell in freedom's hall, With a cold damp floor and mouldering wall, Than bow the head and bend the knee In the proudest palace of slaverie.~ Thomas Moore Jun 10, 2026You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.~ Harry S. TrumanI am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.~ Mark TwainNo people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.~ Theodore Roosevelt Jun 9, 2026It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.~ Herbert HooverThe highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.~ John Ruskin[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.~ Polybius Jun 8, 2026I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.~ George WashingtonNo man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.~ John Viscount MorleyNever esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Previous week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print