“Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.” Suzanne Necker. Source Reference Suzanne Necker Quote

“The root of the evil… lay not in corruption but in the system which bred it, the alliance between industrialists and politicians which produced benefits in the form of tariffs, public lands, and federal subsidies.” Samuel P. Hays, Source: The…

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.” Robert A. Heinlein, (1907-1988) American writer. Source Reference Robert A. Heinlein Quote

“Let Mr. Madison tell me when did liberty ever exist when the sword and the purse were given up from the people? Unless a miracle shall interpose, no nation ever did, nor ever can retain its liberty after the loss…

“Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.” Irish Proverb Source Reference Irish Proverb Quote

“For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat, and wrong.” H. L. Mencken, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic. Source Reference H. L. Mencken Quote

“Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.” Graham Greene, (1904-1991) English writer, journalist. Source Reference Graham Greene 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

“The antipode of individualism is collectivism, which subordinates the individual to the group – be it the ‘community,’ the tribe, the race, the proletariat, etc. A person’s moral worth is judged by how much he sacrifices himself to the group….