“A society that puts equality… ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom.” Milton Friedman, (1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, “ultimate guru of the free-market system”. Source Reference Milton Friedman Quote

“All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” John Adams, (1735-1826)…

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Source: Walden (1854). Source Reference…

“Once we start to worry too often and too deeply about what certain individuals and what certain groups think about us, then we might start selling our souls for the sake of expediency.” Otis Chandler, (1927-2006) Publisher of the Los Angeles Times (1960-1980) Source:…

“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President. Source: Novanglus Letters, 1774. Source Reference John Adams Quote

“It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.” Bruce Schneier, Source: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, 2000. Source Reference Bruce Schneier Quote

“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…