“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.” A. J. P. Taylor, [Alan John Percivale Taylor] (1906-1990) British historian. Source Reference A. J. P. Taylor Quote

“It may be your intent to be our masters; how can it be ours to be your slaves?” Melians, Source: Melians to Athenians, Peloponnesian War, 431 BC, ref: Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. Source Reference Melians Quote

“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President….

“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source: Speech, 1856. Source…

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963) 35th US President. Source: In a speech at the White House, 1962. Source Reference Famous John F. Kennedy Quote

“A tyrant… is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.” Plato, (429-347 BC) Greek philosopher. Source: The Republic. Source Reference Plato Quote

“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” James Madison, (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President. Source Reference James Madison Quote

“Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of opinion.” James Russell Lowell, (1819-1891) American author and diplomatist. Source: Literary Essays. Source Reference James Russell Lowell Quote

“They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.” Dr. Samuel Johnson, (1709-1784) English author, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Source Reference Dr. Samuel Johnson Quote

“Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent… The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.” John G. Diefenbaker, (1895-1979) Prime Minister of Canada. Source: Hansard, 9 April 1970. Source…

“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all…

“We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear – unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called ‘the insolence of elected…