“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.” Gerrit Smith, (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic. Source Reference H. L. Mencken Quote

“I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.” Gerrit…

“No American citizen can vote intelligently without knowledge of the ideas, political background, and commitments of each individual candidate.” Ben H. Bagdikian, (1920- ) Armenian-born author, dean emeritus of the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, former…

“This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world. By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting…

“Everybody favors free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.” Heywood Broun, (1888-1939) American journalist, founded the American Newspaper Guild. Source: New York World, 23 October 1926. Source Reference Heywood Broun Quote

“The political spirit is the great force in throwing the love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.” John Viscount Morley,  (1838-1923), of Blackburn. Source: On Compromise, 1874. Source Reference John Viscount Morley Quote

“All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,  (1749-1832) German writer, statesman….

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.” Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992) American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. Source Reference Isaac Asimov Quote

“The grand paradox of our society is this: we magnify man’s right but we minimize his capacities.” Joseph Wood Krutch, (1893-1970) American writer, critic, and naturalist. Source: The Measure of Man, 1954. Source Reference Joseph Wood Krutch Quote

“[Socialism] is a creed even more denigrating than Catholicism, but it offers more tangible bribes for its acceptance.” Auberon Herbert, (1838-1906) English writer, theorist, philosopher, 19th century individualist, member of the Parliament of the U.K. Source Reference Auberon Herbert Quote

“It is a maxim among lawyers that whatever hath been done before may be done again, and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. These, under…

“We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other…