“Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of opinion.” James Russell Lowell, (1819-1891) American author and diplomatist. Source: Literary Essays. Source Reference James Russell Lowell Quote

“They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.” Dr. Samuel Johnson, (1709-1784) English author, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Source Reference Dr. Samuel Johnson Quote

“Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent… The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.” John G. Diefenbaker, (1895-1979) Prime Minister of Canada. Source: Hansard, 9 April 1970. Source…

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all…

“We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear – unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called ‘the insolence of elected…

“The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.” William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court…

“Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.” The Talmud, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source Reference The Talmud Quote

“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source Reference Abraham Lincoln Quote

“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.” Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-1895) Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. Source Reference Robert Louis Stevenson Quote

“Nations grow corrupt, love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.” John Milton, (1608-1674) English Poet. Source Reference John Milton Quote

“Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca, (4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, “Seneca the Younger”. Source: ‘Epistulse morales’. Source Reference Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote

“Tyranny seldom announces itself… In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical.” Joseph Sobran, (1946-2010) American columnist. Source Reference Joseph Sobran Quote