Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-05-23 May 23, 2007A society committed to the search for truth must give protection to, and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind, however angular, however rasping, however, socially unpleasant it may be; for it is upon such minds in large measure, that the effective search for truth depends.~ Caryl Parker HaskinsCourage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.~ Sir Winston ChurchillOne day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko May 22, 2007Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes.~ Nicolas-Sebasstien ChamfortThe study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false.~ Paul Bede JohnsonAs hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.~ Suso Ohno May 21, 2007Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past while we silence the rebels of the present.~ Henry Steele CommagerUltimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.~ Marilyn FergusonViolence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Nations and peoples who forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.~ Robert A. Heinlein May 18, 2007We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.~ Charles Alan MurrayNothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.~ Milton FriedmanIf you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.~ Ronald Reagan May 17, 2007The ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle, home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics, he feels himself master of his fate. But otherwise he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.~ George OrwellFreedom is not something that can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.~ James BaldwinFree is not the same as free and easy.~ Larry Eisenberg Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print