Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-03-24 Mar 24, 2003Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.~ ThucydidesThere was never a good war, or a bad peace.~ Benjamin FranklinSo, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.~ Cornelius Tacitus Mar 21, 2003At the end of a century that has seen the evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies, the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent.~ Joseph SobranAmong those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.~ Napoleon BonaparteWhenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.~ Mark Twain Mar 20, 2003No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?~ Daniel WebsterThe Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the legislature. [If a president is successful in bypassing the Congress] it is evident that the people are cheated out of the best ingredients in the government, the safeguards of peace which is the greatest of their blessings.~ Richard M. Nixon Mar 19, 2003War is the trade of Kings.~ John DrydenWhen you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.~ Sir Winston ChurchillDiplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.~ Will Rogers Mar 18, 2003The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.~ John LockeThose who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.~ ProverbThere is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print