Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2026-06-11 Jun 11, 2026He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth or duty.~ Khalil GibranI prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.~ Thomas JeffersonBetter to dwell in freedom's hall, With a cold damp floor and mouldering wall, Than bow the head and bend the knee In the proudest palace of slaverie.~ Thomas Moore Jun 10, 2026You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.~ Harry S. TrumanI am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.~ Mark TwainNo people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.~ Theodore Roosevelt Jun 9, 2026It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.~ Herbert HooverThe highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.~ John Ruskin[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.~ Polybius Jun 8, 2026I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.~ George WashingtonNo man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.~ John Viscount MorleyNever esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.~ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Jun 5, 2026Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.~ Thomas S. MonsonWhen we regard a man as morally responsible for an act, we regard him as a legitimate object of moral praise or blame in respect of it. But it seems plain that a man cannot be a legitimate object of moral praise or blame for an act unless in willing the act he is in some important sense a ‘free’ agent. Evidently free will in some sense, therefore, is a precondition of moral responsibility.~ C. Arthur CampbellIf you want to know the big 'T' Truth, tell the little 't' truth without fail. Then listen closely to what you say.~ Eric Schaub Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print