Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-11-15 Nov 15, 2007Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.~ Aldous HuxleyThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.~ George SantayanaTruth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.~ Percy Bysshe Shelley Nov 14, 2007Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.~ Andrei SakharovThe truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.~ Herbert Sebastien AgarThe key to wisdom is this -- constant and frequent questioning ... for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.~ Peter Abelard Nov 13, 2007If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.~ George WashingtonThe people must fight for their laws as for their walls.~ HeraclitusThe only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.~ John Locke Nov 12, 2007Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech... Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech...~ CatoWhen even one American -- who has done nothing wrong -- is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril.~ Harry S. TrumanWhen complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty obtained that wise men look for.~ John Milton Nov 9, 2007A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying to others and to yourself.~ Fyodor DostoyevskyPeople may or may not say what they mean...but they always say something designed to get what they want.~ David MametPeople hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.~ Soren Kierkegaard Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print