“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.” Oscar Ameringer, (1870-1943). German-American Socialist editor, author, and organizer. Source Reference Oscar Ameringer Quote

“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.” James Russell Lowell, (1819-1891) American author and diplomatist. Source: The Biglow Papers, II, 1862. Source Reference James Russell Lowell Quote

“For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?” Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, and poet. Source: “Boston” Stanza 15. Source Reference Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

“[E]very Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his. The great and chief end…

“Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value.” Mark Da Cunha, Publisher of Capitalism magazine. Source Reference Mark Da Cunha Quote

“There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong… . In fact…

“The persecuting spirit has its origin morally in the disposition of man to domineer over his fellow creatures; intellectually, in the assumption that one’s own opinions are infallibly correct.” John Fiske, (1842-1901) American philosopher, historian. Source Reference John Fiske Quote

“When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect…

“The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may…

“Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne… Oh no! It’s a…long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting.” Albert Camus, (1913-1960) French Algerian author. Source Reference Albert Camus Quote

“One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence.” Charles Austin Beard, (1874-1948) Professor…

“Today the grand jury is the total captive of the prosecutor who, if he is candid, will concede that he can indict anybody, at any time, for almost anything, before any grand jury.” William J. Campbell, (1905-1988) United States federal…