Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-09-16 Sep 16, 2003Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death.~ James MadisonDemocracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.~ Walter E. WilliamsDemocracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.~ Sir Winston Churchill Sep 15, 2003If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.~ George Bernard ShawAmerica has a very unique record. We never lost a war or won a conference...~ Will RogersA truth that's told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.~ William Blake Sep 12, 2003The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. In a free society these institutions must be wholly free – which is to say that their function is to serve as checks upon the state.~ Alan BarthIf large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.~ George OrwellCensorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.~ Mark Twain Sep 11, 2003The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.~ Hubert H. HumphreyWhile the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.~ Walter Lippmann Sep 10, 2003Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.~ Quintus Tullius CiceroYou know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.~ Bill ClintonThere's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.~ Daniel DennettThe sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself.~ Granville Hicks Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print