“O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet  Source: “Marmion”, Canto VI, Stanza 17. Source Reference Famous Sir Walter Scott Quote

“[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.” Polybius, (ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian. Source Reference Polybius Quote

“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…

“Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.” John Quincy Adams, (1767-1848) 6th US President. Source Reference John Quincy Adams Quote

“…The very definition of a republic is ‘an empire of laws, and not of men.’” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
Source: “Thoughts on Government” January, 1776. Source Reference John Adams Quote

“Socialism needs two legs on which to stand; a right and a left. While appearing to be in complete opposition to one another, they both march in the same direction.” Paul Proctor, American columnist. Source Reference Paul Proctor Quote

“The aim of socialism is not only to abolish the present division of mankind into small states and all-national isolation, not only to bring the nations closer to each other, but also to merge them.” Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, [Vladimir Ilyich…

“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” Justice William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice.
Source: Public Utilities Commission v Pollack, 1952. Source Reference Famous Justice William O. Douglas Quote

“The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes.” Justice Felix Frankfurter, (1882-1965) U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Source Reference Justice Felix Frankfurter Quote

“Governments, whatever their pretensions otherwise, try to preserve themselves by holding the individual down … Government itself, indeed, may be reasonably defined as a conspiracy against him. Its one permanent aim, whatever its form, is to hobble him sufficiently to…

“The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end…

“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars: the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” H. L. Mencken, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic. Source Reference…