“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of…

“I believe in God, but I detest theocracy. For every Government consists of mere men and is, strictly viewed, a makeshift; if it adds to its commands ‘Thus saith the Lord’, it lies, and lies dangerously.” C. S. Lewis, (1898-1963),…

“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.” Maimonides, (1135-1204) Jewish philosopher. Source Reference Maimonides Quote

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.” Ludwig Wittgenstein, (1889-1951) Austrian-British philosopher. Source Reference Ludwig Wittgenstein Quote

“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of…

“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” W. Somerset Maugham, (1874-1965). Source Reference W. Somerset Maugham Quote

“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor’s rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.” Carl Schurz, (1829-1906) German-born, US General, US Senator (MO), Founded the Liberal Republican movement. Source Reference Carl Schurz…

“Congress is continually appointing fact-finding committees, when what we really need are some fact-facing committees.” Roger Allen, (1917-1963) 35th US President. Source Reference Roger Allen Quote

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963) 35th…

“There are two freedoms — the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought.” Charles Kingsley, (1819-1875) English clergyman, university professor, historian, and novelist. Source Reference Charles Kingsley…

“There’s a big move for change coming from the right that I think would be disastrous for our country. They want radical, pull-em-up-by-the-roots change, they want to have a constitutional convention to rewrite our Constitution to make it friendlier to…

“You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.” W. Somerset Maugham, (1874-1965). Source Reference W. Somerset Maugham Quote