“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense – the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled…

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th US President….

“There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.” George Jacob Holyoake, (1817-1906) English secularist. Source Reference George Jacob Holyoake Quote

“I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.” Frank Moore Colby, (1865–1925) American educator, writer. Source Reference Frank Moore Colby Quote

“It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one’s private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense to entrust those who are immoral in private with the power to determine the nation’s moral issues and, indeed, its destiny?…

“If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.” Carl Schurz, (1829-1906) German revolutionary, author, newspaper editor, journalist, Union Army general during…

“I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.” James A. Garfield, (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States (1881). Source Reference James A. Garfield Quote

“Farce, gross incompetence, and tragedy is the hallmark of big centralized government, wherever it develops. Big centralized government has developed in the United States year after year since the 1930s, and it has both solidified and metastasized since 9-11. Today,…

“It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume…that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt…

“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of…

“Once we start to worry too often and too deeply about what certain individuals and what certain groups think about us, then we might start selling our souls for the sake of expediency.” Otis Chandler, (1927-2006) Publisher of the Los Angeles Times (1960-1980) Source:…

“You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.” Alan Paton, (1903-1988) South African author, anti-apartheid activist. Source Reference Alan Paton Quote