Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-06-21 Jun 21, 2002He who dares not offend cannot be honest.~ Thomas PaineThe most formidable weapons against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.~ Thomas PaineWhen men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.~ Thomas Paine Jun 20, 2002If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.~ Henry David ThoreauThe ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.~ Hubert H. Humphrey Jun 19, 2002The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always a temptation to invoke security "necessities" to justify an encroachment upon civil liberties. For that reason, the military-security argument must be approached with a healthy skepticism.~ Justice William J. Brennan Jun 18, 2002The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the advantages to result from them, are sufficiently seen and understood.~ Thomas PaineThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.~ Benjamin Franklin Jun 17, 2002The real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he must assume for his own welfare and security.~ Robert WelchWe have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice -- that is, until we have stopped saying, "It got lost," and say, "I lost it.~ Sydney J. HarrisThe human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print