Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-02-01 Feb 1, 2007Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.~ Adam SmithIdiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.~ Ambrose BierceThe best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan zeal and effort and a correct appreciation of the time when the heat of the partisan should be merged in the patriotism of the citizen. ... At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat, and the exultation of partisan triumph should be supplanted by an ungrudging acquiescence in the popular will and a sober, conscientious concern for the general weal. ... Public extravagance begets extravagance among the people.~ Grover Cleveland Jan 31, 2007Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.~ Dalton CampWhy doesn't the fellow who says "I'm no speechmaker" let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?~ Kin HubbardThe wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air.~ Woodrow Wilson Jan 30, 2007Purveyors of political correctness will, in the final analysis, not even allow others their judgments... They celebrate “difference,” but they will not allow people truly to be different -- to think differently, and to say what they think.~ Mark BerleyThe more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary it is that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.~ Samuel ButlerIf you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can’t protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.~ Whitfield Diffie Jan 29, 2007Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.~ Gilbert Keith ChestertonNothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.~ John Kenneth GalbraithBelieve me, it is not failing to speak out with promptitude and energy that is the matter with you; it is having nothing consistent or valuable to say.~ Matthew Arnold Jan 26, 2007Our First Amendment expresses a far different calculus for regulating speech than for regulating nonexpressive conduct and that is as it should be. The right to swing your fist should end at the tip of my nose, but your right to express your ideas should not necessarily end at the lobes of my ears.~ Alan DershowitzWe believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture.~ American Library AssociationThe greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more imperative is the need to preserve the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintain the opportunity for free political discussion.~ Justice Charles Evans Hughes Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print