“The peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burdened by convictions.” Alexander Chase, Source: Perspectives, 1966. Source Reference Alexander Chase Quote

“If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals—not some, but all. All are woven into the great fabric of our national well-being. We cannot hold fast to some only, and…

“No legacy is so rich as honesty.” William Shakespeare, (1564-1616) Playwright. Source: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 5 (c. 1604). Source Reference William Shakespeare Quote

“The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859) [Lord Macaulay] 1st Baron Macaulay, British historian. Source Reference Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

“You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.” Harry S. Truman, (1884-1972), 33rd US President. Source: Attributed. Source Reference Harry S. Truman Quote

“The road to tyranny, we must remember, begins with the destruction of the truth.” Bill Clinton, [William Jefferson Blythe III] (1946- ), 42nd US President. Source: speech at the University of Connecticut, Oct 15, 1997. Source Reference Bill Clinton Quote

“I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology. …It’s importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda …Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class….

“Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men’s natural abilities as to restrain them.” Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677). Source Reference Baruch Spinoza Quote

“The party … must not become a servant of the masses, but their master. … The unity of a nation’s spirit and will are worth far more than the freedom of the spirit and will of an individual; and that…

“The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.” Noam Chomsky, (1928- ) American linguist and political writer. Source Reference Thomas Szasz Quote

“For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the system of ‘brainwashing under freedom’ to which…

“Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose.” Joseph Paul Goebbels, (1897-1945) Nazi Propaganda Minister. Source: Diary, 14 March 1943. Source Reference Joseph Paul Goebbels…