Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-03-27 Mar 27, 2003Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object.~ Abraham LincolnWars are caused by undefended wealth.~ General Douglas MacArthur Mar 26, 2003The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse.~ Edmund BurkeI know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.~ Frederick Douglass Mar 25, 2003From the utopian viewpoint, the United States constitution is a singularly hard-bitten and cautious document, for it breathes the spirit of skepticism about human altruism and incorporates a complex system of checks, balances and restrictions, so that everybody is holding the reins on everybody else.~ Chad WalshThe Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism, but the theory of necessity on which it is based is false; for the government, within the Constitution, has all the powers granted to it, which are necessary to preserve its existence; as has been happily proved by the result of the great effort to throw off its just authority.~ Justice David Davis'Useful,' and 'necessity' was always 'the tyrant's plea'.~ C. S. Lewis 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print