Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-04-08 Apr 8, 2003What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from'.~ Marilyn vos SavantThere are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherThere are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.~ Richard Bach Apr 7, 2003There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity -- the law of nature, and of nations.~ Edmund BurkeKnowledge -- that is, education in its true sense -- is our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Apr 4, 2003Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaOur lack of constant awareness has also permitted us to accept definitions of freedom that are not necessarily consistent with the actuality of being free. Because we have learned to confuse the word with the reality the word seeks to describe, our vocabulary has become riddled with distorted and contradictory meanings smuggled into the language.~ Butler D. ShafferThe battle for the world is the battle for definitions.~ Thomas Szasz Apr 3, 2003Morality, and the ideal of freedom which is the political expression of morality, are not the property of a given party or group, but a value that is fundamentally and universally human... No people will be truly free till all are free.~ Benedetto CroceA society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.~ Bertrand de Jouvenel Apr 2, 2003Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.~ Walter Truett AndersonFreedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne...Oh no! It's a...long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting.~ Albert CamusWho would be free themselves must strike the blow.~ Lord Byron Apr 1, 2003The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.~ Samuel Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print