Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-09-08 Sep 8, 2026Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.~ Robert Louis StevensonEvery central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.~ Alexis de TocquevilleHow much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.~ Benjamin Disraeli Sep 7, 2026The layman’s constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn’t like is unconstitutional.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackThe lust for power in dominating others inflames the heart more than any other passion.~ Cornelius TacitusFormerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.~ Oswald Spengler Sep 4, 2026Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.~ Noam ChomskyAnother perceived attribute of intellectuals that needs rethinking and revision: the assumption that they are deeply and unequivocally committed to personal, political and intellectual freedom and especially free expression…many Western intellectuals’ commitment to intellectual freedom is selective at best.~ Paul HollanderWhat we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to write but his being a voice which can speak for those who are silent.~ Stephen Spender Sep 3, 2026I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.~ Edward Everett HaleI long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.~ Helen KellerDon't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.~ William Faulkner Sep 2, 2026The electors see their representative not only as a legislator for the state but also as the natural protector of local interests in the legislature; indeed, they almost seem to think that he has a power of attorney to represent each constituent, and they trust him to be as eager in their private interests as in those of the country.~ Alexis de Tocqueville... the smaller the domain where choices among alternatives are made collectively, the smaller will be the probability that any individual's preference gets overruled.~ Anthony de JasayLiberty requires restraints on popularly-elected leaders, as well as from minorities, so that the individual is protected from undue and arbitrary coercion by the state. These restraints are provided by a plurality of more or less equal and independent groups which check and balance one another's power.~ William Kornhauser Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print