“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…

“The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who challenge an existing institution or way of life, or say and do things that make people think.” William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court…

“Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.” The Talmud, (1809-1865) 16th US President Source Reference The Talmud Quote

“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source Reference Abraham Lincoln Quote

“If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule…

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Famous Thomas Jefferson Quote