Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2006-02-08 Feb 8, 2006The ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.~ Albert EinsteinBut those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which man is master, but the truths or semblances of truth which have a certain mastery over man. The material is explosive because it must be taken seriously. The men writing books really are throwing bombs.~ Gilbert Keith ChestertonA radical is one who speaks the truth.~ Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. Feb 7, 2006A people are free in proportion as they form their own opinions.~ Samuel Taylor ColeridgeFor those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of 'brainwashing under freedom' to which we are subjected and which all too often we serve as willing or unwitting instruments.~ Noam ChomskyPrivate opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.~ Harriet Beecher Stowe Feb 6, 2006Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.~ Elias Root BeadleLiberty of conscience is nowadays only understood to be the liberty of believing what men please, but also of endeavoring to propagate that belief as much as they can.~ Jonathan SwiftFormerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.~ Oswald Spengler Feb 3, 2006The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.~ Charles-Louis De SecondatA man’s liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.~ Herbert SpencerSince the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.~ James Madison Feb 2, 2006In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.~ Desiderius ErasmusMany people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.~ Louis KronenbergerFor the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.~ Niccolo Machiavelli Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print