“Humanity’s most valuable assets have been the non-conformists. Were it not for the non-conformists, he who refuses to be satisfied to go along with the continuance of things as they are, and insists upon attempting to find new ways of bettering things, the world…

“There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.” Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859)…

“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”…

“There never was an idea stated that woke men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,  (1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as “The Great Dissenter.” Source: Over the Teacups, 1891….

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th US President
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“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” George Jacob Holyoake, (1817-1906) English secularist. Source Reference George Jacob Holyoake Quote

“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense – the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled…

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th US President
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“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” George Jacob Holyoake, (1817-1906) English secularist.
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“I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.” Frank Moore Colby, (1865–1925) American educator, writer. Source Reference Frank Moore Colby Quote

“It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one’s private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation’s moral issues and, indeed, its destiny?…

“One of the ironies, as some have observed, is that the secular project has itself become a religion, pursued with religious fervor. It is taking on all the trappings of a religion – including inquisitions and excommunication.  Those who defy…