Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-02-12 Feb 12, 2004The legal code can never be identified with the code of morals. It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason.~ Robert M. MacIverThere can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense of freedom unless that defense is rooted in moral principle. In concentrating on the ends of choice, the conservative, by neglecting the conditions of choice, loses that very morality of conduct with which he is so concerned. And the libertarian, by concentrating only on the means, or conditions, of choice and ignoring the ends, throws away an essential moral defense of his own position.~ Murray N. RothbardThat government is best which governs least.~ Henry David Thoreau Feb 11, 2004The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.~ Bill ClintonTo do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.~ William PennShould we believe self-serving, ever-growing drug enforcement/drug treatment bureaucrats, whose pay and advancement depends on finding more and more people to arrest and "treat"? More Americans die in just one day in prisons, penitentiaries, jails and stockades than have ever died from marijuana throughout history. Who are they protecting? From what?~ Dr. Fred Oerther Feb 10, 2004The only vice that can not be forgiven is hypocrisy.~ William HazlittHypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.~ MolièreThe prohibition law, written for weaklings and derelicts, has divided the nation, like Gaul, into three parts -- wets, drys, and hypocrites.~ Florence SabinVices are not crimes.~ Lysander Spooner Feb 9, 2004Moderation in all things.~ Publius Terentius AferModeration in all things -- including moderation.~ Benjamin FranklinVices are their own punishment.~ Aesop Feb 6, 2004No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field of inquiry should remain open, and the right of debate must be regarded as a sacred right.~ William E. BorahIf the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me.~ Larry FlyntThe spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient interests, and then attempting to write an opinion which explains the difference between that nude and some other nude has elements of low comedy.~ Thurman Arnold Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print