Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-06-29 Jun 29, 2005I swear by my life, and love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.~ Ayn Rand... real anarchism, feasible and actual, as opposed to mere emotional statements, is simply the [classical] liberal economy, and everything that goes with it: political democracy, civil (and not only civic) liberty, free, unsubsidized, unplanned culture. It is only the liberal economy that can favor the "withering away of the state" and of politics – their withering away or at least their limitation; centralized socialism cannot achieve this.~ Raymond RuyeDiplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock.~ Will Rogers Jun 28, 2005My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time.~ Garrison KeillorEvery man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.~ Elbert HubbardMan is the only kind of varmint that sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.~ John Steinbeck Jun 27, 2005If we cannot learn, if the only effect upon us of the presence of the dynamiter in our midst is to make us multiply punishments, invent restrictions, increase the number of our official spies, forbid public meetings, interfere with the press, put up gratings -- as in one country they propose to do -- in our House of Commons, scrutinize visitors under official microscopes, request them, as at Vienna, and I think now at Paris also, to be good enough to leave their greatcoats in the vestibules ... I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.~ Auberon HerbertThe Republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it ... This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.~ Elmer DavisThere is no Freedom without Courage.~ Eric Schaub Jun 24, 2005Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.~ Marcus Tullius CiceroThings in law tend to be black and white. But we all know that some people are a little bit guilty, while other people are guilty as hell.~ Donald R. CresseyYou cannot become a truly effective advocate unless you know all sides of your subject thoroughly, opposing arguments as well as your own.~ G. R. Capp Jun 23, 2005Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.~ Baruch SpinozaAdvances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers.~ Bernhard HaischAnonymous pamphlets, leaflets, brochures and even books have played an important role in the progress of mankind. Persecuted groups and sects from time to time throughout history have been able to criticize the oppressive practices and laws either anonymously or not at all... It is plain that anonymity has sometimes been assumed for the most constructive purposes.~ Justice Hugo L. Black Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print