Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-12-17 Dec 17, 2003The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny.~ William Ellery ChanningWhoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech... Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech...~ CatoThe theory of free speech, that truth is so much larger and stranger and more many-sided than we know of, that it is very much better at all costs to hear everyone’s account of it, is a theory which has been justified on the whole by experiment, but which remains a very daring and even a very surprising theory. It is really one of the great discoveries of the modern time.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton Dec 16, 2003Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.~ Marcus Tullius CiceroGod grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.~ Daniel WebsterLiberty cannot be caged into a charter or handed on ready-made to the next generation. Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times. Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.~ Florence Ellinwood AllenThe worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.~ John Stuart Mill Dec 15, 2003Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.~ Patrick HenryAll warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.~ Sun TzuTo come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend, and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise.~ Tokugawa Ieyasu Dec 12, 2003To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.~ Franklin P. AdamsIt is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.~ Mark TwainThe freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.~ Zero Mostel Dec 11, 2003Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.~ Lester B. PearsonI once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'~ Oscar LevantThe more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.~ Will Rogers Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print