“Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society.” Frances Wright, (1795-1852). Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, abolitionist, and social reformer. Source: Lecture, 1829. Source Reference Frances Wright Quote

“Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” James Madison, (1758-1831), (1751-1836), Father of the US Constitution and the 4th US President. Source Reference James Madison Quote

“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to…

“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” George Orwell, [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author Notes on Nationalism (1945). Source Reference George Orwell…

“The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. It is the prolonged sacrifice of…

“Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others.” Doris Lessing, (1919-2013) British author. Source: Sunday Times, 10 May 1992. Source Reference Doris Lessing Quote

“As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens proclaim that the government is the master, not…

“Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and constant inconvenience as the wrong people gain access to information, as one wastes time convincing the inquisitors that one…

“The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress.” Thomas I. Emerson, (1907-1991) Lines Professor of Law, Yale University, author. Source: Law and Contemporary Problems (1955). Source Reference Thomas I. Emerson Quote

“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” Hans Eysenck , (1916-1997) German-born psychologist, spent professional career in Great Britain. Source Reference Hans Eysenck Quote

“Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful. Better a thousand fold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the…

“I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.” Calvin Coolidge, (1872-1933) 30th US President. Source Reference Calvin Coolidge Quote