Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-08-25 Aug 25, 2004The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.~ Edmund BurkeTo be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.~ Olin MillerA person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure.~ Proverb Aug 24, 2004An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.~ Albert CamusThe important thing is never to stop questioning.~ Albert EinsteinEvery really new idea looks crazy at first.~ Alfred North Whitehead Aug 23, 2004Man's character is his fate.~ HeraclitusGood people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.~ PlatoBeing tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.~ Viktor Frankl Aug 20, 2004These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.~ Thomas PaineShow me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.~ Phil OchsIn times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.~ George Orwell Aug 19, 2004The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny.~ Michael ParentiNo one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words 'no' and 'not' employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.~ Rev. Edmund A. OpitzThe few who could understand the system will either be so interested in its profits, or so dependent on its favours, that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.~ John Sherman Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print