“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars: the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” H. L. Mencken, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic. Source Reference…

“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.” Charles De Gaulle, (1890-1970) French president and military leader. Source Reference Charles De Gaulle Quote

“The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it…

“But how is this legal plunder to be identified?  Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at…

“It is doubtful if the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power – power to oppress others.The oppressed want above all to imitate their oppressors; they want to retaliate.” Eric Hoffer, (1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential…

“And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith…

“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and  to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy…

“I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.” Friedrich August von Hayek, (1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974. Source Reference Famous Friedrich August…

“The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” Charles-Louis De Secondat, (1689-1755) Baron de Montesquieu. Source: The Spirit of the Laws, 1748. Source Reference Charles-Louis De Secondat Quote

“You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.” Alan Paton, (1903-1988) South African author, anti-apartheid activist.
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“Fidelity to the public requires that the laws be as plain and explicit as possible, that the less knowing may understand, and not be ensnared by them, while the artful evade their force.” Samuel Cooke, (1709-1783) Pastor of the Second Church…