Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-09-06 Sep 6, 2004Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.~ Thomas Sowell[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a craving after knowledge, which I notice resides in me more than in most other men. And therewithal, whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.~ Antonie van LeeuwenhoekYour book is dedicated by the soundest reason. You had better get out of France as quickly as you can.~ Voltaire Sep 3, 2004They said it couldn't be done but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.~ Casey Stengel...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.~ Friedrich August von HayekI wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called "brightness", but it doesn't work.~ Gallagher Sep 2, 2004If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.~ Rene DescartesReality is not always probable, or likely.~ Jorge Luis BorgesIt is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.~ William Gibbs McAdoo Sep 1, 2004Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.~ Andrei SakharovDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.~ Bertrand RussellControversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.~ Dr. Benjamin Rush 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print