Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-04-21 Apr 21, 2008One of the problems that the marijuana reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.~ Richard CowanA prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.~ Abraham LincolnIf the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on.~ Terence McKenna Apr 18, 2008I think the inherent right of the government to lie to save itself when faced with nuclear disaster is basic -- basic.~ Arthur SylvesterOf all contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind, none has been more effective than that which deludes them with paper money.~ Daniel WebsterSince I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the U.S., in the field of commerce and manufacturing, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.~ Woodrow Wilson Apr 17, 2008Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.~ Fisher AmesI consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are preserved to the states or to the people.' ... To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition. The incorporation of a bank, and the powers assumed by this bill (chartering the first Bank of the United States), have not, been delegated to the United States by the Constitution.~ Thomas JeffersonThe Constitution is a written instrument. As such it's meaning does not alter. That which it meant when adopted, it means now.~ United States Supreme Court Apr 16, 2008This [audit] was made extremely difficult because [IRS] existing Systems were not designed to provide reliable financial information... on their operations.~ Charles A. BowsherThe wages of the average American worker, after inflation and taxes, have decreased 17% since 1973, the only Western industrial nation to so suffer.~ Martin GrossThe taxpayer; that's someone who works for the federal government, but doesn´t have to take a civil service examination.~ Ronald Reagan Apr 15, 2008Most Americans have no real understanding of the operation of the international money lenders. The accounts of the Federal Reserve System have never been audited. It operates outside of the control of Congress and manipulates the credit of the United States.~ Barry GoldwaterMr. Speaker, we are now in Chapter 11... Members of Congress are official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization of any bankrupt entity in world history.~ James A. Traficant, Jr.I have never seen more senators express discontent with their jobs. ... I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices to doing something terrible and unforgivable to this wonderful country. Deep down in our hearts, we know that we have bankrupted America and that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. ... We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected.~ John C. Danforth Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print