“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father. Source Reference Benjamin Franklin Quote

“In those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own. Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US…

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author. Source Reference George Orwell Quote

“I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.” Issac Newton, (1642-1727) English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian. Source: 1721, after having lost huge amounts of money in the South Sea Bubble….

“Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” Henry Brooks Adams, (1838-1918) Pulitzer prize-winning historian (1919), great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and son of US Secretary of State, Charles…

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” George Washington, (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, ‘Father of the Country.’ Source Reference George Washington Quote

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi, (1869-1948) Leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Source Reference Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Quote

“The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.” Mike Godwin, staff counsel, Electronic Freedom Foundation. Source Reference Mike Godwin Quote

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their…

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President. Source: letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814. Source…

“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father. Source Reference Benjamin Franklin Quote

“The legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Thomas Jefferson Quote