“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story,…

“No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they set up symbols of liberty as fetishes, worshipping the symbol instead of the principle it represents.” Wendell Phillips, (1811-1884)…

“What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment & death itself in vindication of his own liberty, and the next moment … inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is…

“Those wearing Tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.” Phyllis McGinley, (1905-1978) American author of children’s books and poetry. Pulitzer prize 1961 1954. Source Reference Phyllis McGinley Quote

“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.” Isabel Paterson,…

“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…