“A society that puts equality… ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom.” Milton Friedman, (1912-2006) Nobel Prize-winning economist, economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, “ultimate guru of the free-market system”. Source Reference Milton Friedman Quote

“All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, nor from want of honor or virtue, so much as downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.” John Adams, (1735-1826)…

“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.” Oscar Ameringer, (1870-1943). German-American Socialist editor, author, and organizer. Source Reference Oscar Ameringer Quote

“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.” James Russell Lowell, (1819-1891) American author and diplomatist. Source: The Biglow Papers, II, 1862. Source Reference James Russell Lowell Quote

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil  to one who is striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Source: Walden (1854). Source Reference…

“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President. Source: Novanglus Letters, 1774. Source Reference John Adams Quote