Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-12-24 Dec 24, 2001There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.~ Henry David ThoreauSuppose they gave a war, and nobody came? Why then, the war would come to you!~ Bertolt Brecht[The US has] developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called ‘business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power over the livelihood of millions; the other, called ‘government,' concerned with preaching and exemplification of spiritual ideals, so caught in a mass of theory, that when it wished to move in a practical world it had to do so by means of a sub rosa political machine.~ Thurman Arnold Dec 21, 2001Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it.~ Richard Lamm Dec 20, 2001The privilege against self-incrimination is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized... The Fifth is a lone sure rock in time of storm ... a symbol of the ultimate moral sense of the community, upholding the best in us.~ Erwin N. GriswoldThis Constitution, ...shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby~ U.S. Constitution, Article VI Dec 19, 2001We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.~ Katharine Graham Dec 18, 2001Members of society must obey the law because they personally believe that its commands are justified.~ Judge David BazelonTo oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.~ G. Edward Griffin Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print