“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

“If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule…

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Famous Thomas Jefferson Quote

“Freedom degenerates unless it has to struggle in its own defence.” Lord Acton [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton], (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham. Source Reference Lord Acton Quote

“Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: ‘We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls.” Sir Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955). Source Reference Sir Winston Churchill Quote

“For in a Republic, who is ‘the country?’ Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant – merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what…

“The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is a copyright of totalitarianism, and we have no claim to it.” Justice Robert H. Jackson, (1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source:…

“We have reached a turning point in human history where the best option is to transcend the limits of national sovereignty and to move towards the building of a world community…” Humanist Manifesto, (Article 12). Source Reference Humanist Manifesto (Article…