“It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.” Justice Robert H. Jackson, (1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source: US Supreme…

“The preservation of freedom is the protective reason for limiting and decentralizing governmental power. But there is also a constructive reason. The great advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science or in literature, in industry or agriculture,…

“Force always attracts men of low morality.” Albert Einstein, (1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921. Source Reference Albert Einstein Quote

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable! – fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken…

“Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772-1834) English poet, critic, philosopher, and a leader of the British Romantic movement. Source Reference Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quote

“Balanced’ is a code for ‘denied’: a right to free speech that must be ‘balanced’ against so exhaustive a list of other supposed values means a right that can be exercised only when those in power judge that the speech in question is innocuous…

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable! – fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken…

“For those looking for security, be forewarned that there’s nothing more insecure than a political promise.” Harry Browne, (1933-2006) American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. Libertarian candidate for US President 1996 & 2000. Source Reference Harry Browne Quote

“The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.” Henrik Ibsen, (1828-1906), Norwegian poet. Source Reference Henrik Ibsen Quote

“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — they are the pillars of society.” Henrik Ibsen, (1828-1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet Pillars of Society, 1877. Source Reference Henrik Ibsen Quote

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy…

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749-1832) German writer, statesman. Source Reference Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote