“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” Aesop, (c. 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist. Source Reference Aesop Quote

“People crushed by law have no hope but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous…” Edmund Burke, (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary…

“Arbitrary power has seldom… been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step.” Lord Chesterfield, (1694-1773). Source Reference Lord Chesterfield Quote

“Usurpation, the exercise of power not granted, is not legitimized by repetition.” Raoul Berger, (1901-2000) Attorney, professor at Harvard University. Source Reference Raoul Berger Quote

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.” Anne Bradstreet, (1732-1794) Founding Father. Source Reference Anne Bradstreet Quote

“It must never be forgotten… that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.” Richard Henry Lee, (1732-1794) Founding Father. Source Reference Richard Henry Lee Quote

“Whatever the individual motives of the censors may be, censorship is a form of social control. It is a means of holding a society together, of arresting the flux which censors fear. And since the fear cannot be appeased, the…

“19 terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won…

“The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion.” Edmund Burke,  (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker Source: Speech at a County Meeting at Bucks. Source Reference Famous Edmund Burke Quote

“Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech… Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such  Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech…” Cato, John Trenchard (1662-1723) & Thomas Gordon (169?-1750). Source:…

“We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.” Whitney Moore, Jr.. Source Reference Whitney Moore, Jr. Quote

“The Nazis are well remembered for murdering well over 11 million people in the implementation of their slogan, ‘The public good before the private good,’ the Chinese Communists for murdering 62 million people in the implementation of theirs, ‘Serve the people,’ and the…