Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-09-10 Sep 10, 2026A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.~ David B. CoblitzYou will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.~ John Kenneth GalbraithA government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.~ Lao-Tzu Sep 9, 2026We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land -- nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution.~ Daniel WebsterIt is my belief that there are “absolutes” in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what the words meant and meant their prohibitions to be "absolutes.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackAlways put off until tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all.~ Morris Mandel 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print