“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?” William Lloyd Garrison, (1805-1879) American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.
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“He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.” Henry George, (1839-1897) American political economist. Source: The Land Question, 1881
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“There is no inherent misdirection in holding unorthodox views. Indeed, the autonomous individual, free from compulsive conformance and unquestioned assumptions, is likely to be unorthodox… They stimulate the climate of controversy without which political democracy becomes an empty formalism.” Snell Putney, Source: The Adjusted…

“A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.” Charles Edward Montague, (1867-1928) English journalist, writer. Source: Disenchantment, 1922. Source Reference Charles Edward Montague…

“It is a great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it…

“A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers — and this is the basis of all human morality.” John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963) 35th US President. Source Reference John F. Kennedy Quote

“Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.” Sir Leslie Stephen, (1832-1904), literary essayist, author. Source: The Suppression of Poisonous Opinions,…

“Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.” Suzanne Necker, (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, ‘Father of the Country’. Source Reference Suzanne Necker Quote

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington, (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, ‘Father of the Country’. Source Reference…

“Nearly all men can withstand adversity; if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source Reference Abraham Lincoln Quote

“The less government we have the better — the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, and poet. Source Reference Ralph Waldo…

“Comrades!  We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all.” Nikita Khrushchev, (1894-1971) Premier of the Soviet Union. Source: addressing the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, 2-25-56. Source Reference Nikita Khrushchev Quote