Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-09-18 Sep 18, 2001We 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 WebsterGovernment is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force, and like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.~ George Washington Sep 17, 2001To die for an idea: it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true.~ H. L. MenckenMartyrdom is the only way a person can become famous without ability.~ George Bernard ShawThe ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.~ Mohammed Sep 14, 2001All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.~ Edmund BurkeGod who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure if we have removed their only firm basis: a conviction in the minds of men that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.~ Thomas Jefferson Sep 13, 2001When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking, or thinking, I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.~ John Adams Sep 12, 2001If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.~ George WashingtonThe attempt to silence a man is the greatest honour you can bestow on him. It means that you recognise his superiority to yourself.~ Joseph SobranIt is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships, that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.~ Voltaire Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print