Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-11-02 Oct 31, 2003The basis of a democratic state is liberty.~ AristotleAll might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.~ Samuel AdamsMen are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.~ Thomas Babington Macaulay Oct 30, 2003The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may justify our belief in it, that it tolerates error in order to serve truth.~ Walter LippmannLiberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.~ E. B. WhiteI have always in my own thought summed up individual liberty, and business liberty, and every other kind of liberty, in the phrase that is common in the sporting world, 'A free field and no favor.'~ Woodrow Wilson Oct 29, 2003At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities....~ Lord ActonIt is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.~ Immanuel KantEven if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.~ Will Rogers Oct 28, 2003If the people will lead, eventually the leaders will follow.~ Florence RobinsonIf we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.~ John LubbockWe shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.~ Sir Winston Churchill Oct 27, 2003The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.~ John Stuart MillIn Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form, so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which mess.~ David HorowitzYou can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.~ John Leo Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print