Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-06-05 Jun 5, 2001No one is fit to be trusted with power. ... No one. ... Any man who has lived at all knows the follies and wickedness he's capable of. ... And if he does know it, he knows also that neither he nor any man ought to be allowed to decide a single human fate.~ C. P. Snow Jun 4, 2001Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal and rejuvenation within themselves, will discover again their capacity for innovation and adaptation. If not, alas, the nation's future will be shaped by sightless forces of history over which Americans will have no control.~ John Chancellor Jun 1, 2001The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.~ Norman ThomasA liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist and too rich to be a communist.~ Unknown May 31, 2001Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.~ A. J. P. TaylorArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of Liberty abused to licentiousness.~ George WashingtonUnlimited Power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.~ William Pitt, Sr. May 30, 2001That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and when the government assumes other functions it is usurpation and oppression.~ Alabama, Declaration of Rights Article I Section 35 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print