“Men being by nature all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent which is done by agreeing with other men, to join…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding…

“The Natural Liberty of Man is to be free from any Superior Power on Earth, and not to be under the Will or Legislative Authority of Man, but to have only the Law of Nature for his Rule.” John Locke,…

“[E]very Man has a Property in his own Person. This nobody has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his. The great and chief end therefore,…

“Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.” François Duc de La Rochefoucauld, (1613-1680) French author. Source Reference François Duc de La Rochefoucauld Quote

“Conscience warns us before it reproaches us.” Comtesse Diane, [Marie Josephine de Suin de Beausacq]. Source: Maximes de la vie, 1908. Source Reference Comtesse Diane Quote

“Has man always inhabited a world like the present, where nothing is linked together, where virtue is without genius, and genius without honor; where the love of order is confounded with a taste for oppression, and the holy rites of…

“Integrity has no need of rules.” Albert Camus, (1913-1960) French Algerian author. Source Reference Famous Albert Camus Quote

“Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. A fly-by-night securities operator can quickly meet all…

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968), US civil rights leader. Source Reference Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,…

“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi, (1869-1948) Leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Source Reference Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Quote

“For more than six hundred years – that is, since the Magna Carta in 1215 – there has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the right and…