Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-08-31 Aug 31, 2004He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.~ Baruch SpinozaPeople unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.~ Eric HofferThose who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.~ Eric Hoffer Aug 30, 2004It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence of the nation, that the position of the individual is conditioned solely by the interests of the nation as a whole.~ Adolf HitlerIn our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.~ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about.~ George Orwell Aug 27, 2004What 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 PaineOf more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.~ Thomas Paine Aug 26, 2004Too many Americans have twisted the sensible right to pursue happiness into the delusion that we are entitled to a guarantee of happiness. If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. We're no longer willing to write off some of life's disappointments to simple bad luck.~ Susan JacobyLiberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as the faculty of choosing, among the various modes of fulfilling duty, those most in harmony with our own tendencies.~ Giuseppe MazziniA man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.~ Mark Twain 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print