“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel, (1959-) Mayor of Chicago, Chicago’s first Jewish mayor. Source: at…

“During war, the laws are silent.” Quintus Tullius Cicero, (c.102-43 B.C.), Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. Source Reference Quintus Tullius Cicero Quote

“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside of ourselves will affect us.” Steven R. Covey, (1932-2012) American educator, author, businessman, speaker. Source Reference Steven R. Covey Quote

“To freemen, threats are impotent.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator. Source Reference Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote

“Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.” William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source: An Almanac of Liberty, 1954. Source…

“The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” George Mason, (1725-1792), drafted the Virgina Declaration of Rights, ally of James Madison and George Washington. Source: Virginia…

“Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.” Mortimer Adler, (1902-2001). Source Reference Mortimer Adler Quote

“In almost every act of our lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business or in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and…

“The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark, divisive clouds of Marxist socialism and…

“The American feels too rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is free from. Neither does he know where he is not free; he does not recognize his native autocrats when he…

“A free society can exist only when public spirit is balanced by an equal inclination of men to mind their own business.” Edward A. Shils, (1910-1995) American professor, sociologist. Source: The Torment of Secrecy, 1956. Source Reference Edward A. Shils…

“The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable.” C. Van Woodward, (1908-1999) American historian. Source: Report On Free Speech, New York…