“Give me control over a man’s economic actions, and hence over his means of survival, and except for a few occasional heroes, I’ll promise to deliver to you men who think and write and behave as I want them to.”…

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker, (1944-) American novelist, author. Source Reference Alice Walker Quote

“The bigger the information media, the less courage and information they allow. Bigness means weakness.” Eric Sevareid, (1912-1992) American newsman, journalist, author. Source: 1959. Source Reference Eric Sevareid Quote

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” Chester W. Nimitz, (1885-1966) Five-star Admiral of the United States Navy. Source Reference Chester W. Nimitz Quote

“What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.” Bodie Thoene, Source: Warsaw Requiem. Source Reference Bodie Thoene Quote

“The Declaration of Independence, however, is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution’s refusal to “deny or disparage” other rights is far removed from affirming any one of them, and even farther removed from authorizing…

“Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.” Henry Wheeler Shaw, (1818-1885) American humorist and lecturer. Source Reference Henry Wheeler Shaw Quote

“A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.” Sir Walter Raleigh, (1552-1618) British Poet, Courtier and Explorer, executed by King James I. Source…

“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of…

“I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord’, it lies, and lies dangerously.” C. S. Lewis, (1898-1963),…

“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.” Maimonides, (1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source Reference Maimonides Quote

“It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” Sally Kempton, Source: “Cutting Loose,” by Sally Kempton. Esquire, July 1970. Source Reference Sally Kempton Quote