Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-03-06 Mar 6, 2007We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.~ Katharine GrahamThe difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.~ Ayn RandIf the major opportunities for future growth of government lie in the area of conventional taxation, are there any defenses available to the citizenry? ... Perhaps the most fruitful advice comes in two parts. The first piece of advice is to avoid war and the rumor of war: this is history's greatest boon to the tax man. ... The second piece of advice is to seek ways of inhibiting government's ability conveniently to increase its collections. Possibly the very increase in that ability that is in prospect can be turned to account by a constitutional provision which forbade the income tax, and perhaps even the storage of information regarding individual incomes by third parties, including government.~ Benjamin WardWhat a valuable tool food aid can be in changing behaviour. ... food is power. ... Yes, it's bribery. We don't apologize for that.~ Catherine Bertini Mar 5, 2007I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own -- and if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the "haves" refuse to share with the "have-nots" by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans.~ General David M. ShoupVietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.~ General William WestmorelandLandholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.~ James MadisonThe people who own the country ought to govern it.~ John Jay Mar 2, 2007I don't know a more irreligious attitude, one more utterly bankrupt of any human content, than one which permits children to be destroyed.~ Daniel BerriganThis present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long. We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.~ David RockefellerWhen you get into politics, you find that all your worst nightmares about it turn out to be true, and the people who are attracted to large concentrations of power are precisely the ones who should be kept as far away from it as possible.~ Ken Livingstone Mar 1, 2007Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.~ Charles DarwinCensorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is the landmark of an authoritarian regime...~ Justice Potter StewartThe weapon of the dictator is not so much propaganda as censorship.~ Terence H. Qualter Feb 28, 2007There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area.~ Alexander HaigThe limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.~ Dean AchesonWe [the U.S.] must account sufficiently for the interests of the advanced industrial nations to discourage them from challenging our leadership or seeking to overturn the established political and economic order . . . we must maintain the mechanisms for deterring potential competitors from even aspiring to a larger regional or global role. ~ U.S. Department of Defense Planning Guide for 1994-1999 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print