“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.” Frederick Douglass [Frederick Baily] (1818-1895), escaped slave,…

“Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats.” Harry Browne (1933-2006) American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. Libertarian candidate for US President 1996 & 2000. Source Reference Harry Browne Quote

“Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.” Everett Piper Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Author. Source Reference Ayn Rand Quote

“Honesty demands that we boldly pursue ideas tested by time, defended by reason, validated by experience, and confirmed by revelation. We will only find truth when we place our confidence in it and not in ourselves. We will only learn…

“The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.” Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) German Nazi Dictator. Source: Mein Kampf, 1925-27. Source Reference Adolf Hitler Quote

“Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.” Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher after whom the Pulitzer Prize was named. Source Reference Joseph Pulitzer Quote

“We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with the issues and subjects we choose to deal with.” Richard M. Cohan Senior Producer of CBS political news. Source Reference Richard M. Cohen Quote

“I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.” Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice. Source Reference Justice Hugo L. Black Quote

“The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.” James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution…

“Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.” Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice. Source: 1963. Source…

“Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.” Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) British poet. Source Reference Percy Bysshe Shelley Quote

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” JusticeWilliam O. Douglas (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source Reference Famous Justice William O. Douglas Quote