“Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.” Quintus Tullius Cicero, (c.102-43 B.C.), Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. Source Reference Quintus Tullius Cicero Quote

“The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.” Justice William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971). Source Reference…

“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell, (1930- ) Writer and economist. Source…

“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” 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

“Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to the yoke; the mere discipline of the hunting dog, which, by dint of severity, is made to forego…

“Government schools can’t teach reading, writing, and arithmetic – why should we trust them to teach morality, respect, and character? If public education does for ethics what it’s done for learning, we’ll end up with a generation of immoral, disrespectful,…

“I don’t want my children fed or clothed by the state, but if I had to choose, I would prefer that to their being educated by the state.” Max Victor Belz, Iowa grain dealer. Source Reference Max Victor Belz Quote

“Government will not fail to employ education to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.” William Godwin, (1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. Source Reference William Godwin Quote

“Truth and news are not the same thing.” Katharine Graham, (1917-2001) American publisher, owner of Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. Source Reference Katharine Graham Quote

“Without deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts, or whereases, freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.” Justice Hugo L. Black, (1886-1971) US Supreme…

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell, [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) British author. Source: Animal Farm, 1945. Source Reference George Orwell Quote

“The people’s right to obtain information does not, of course, depend on any assured ability to understand its significance or use it wisely. Facts belong to the people simply because they relate to interests that are theirs, government that is theirs, and votes…