“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…

“Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart noted (in his dissent of Abington Township, 1963) ‘if religious exercises are held to be impermissible activity in schools, religion is placed at an artificial and state-created disadvantage. Permission for such exercises for those…

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Washington, (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, ‘Father of the Country’. Source Reference George Washington Quote

“The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning…. And, even since the Reformation, when or where has existed a Protestant or dissenting sect who would tolerate A FREE INQUIRY? The blackest billingsgate, the most ungentlemanly insolence, the most…

“A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society.” Walter Lippmann, (1889-1974) American writer, journalist, and political commentator. Source Reference Walter Lippmann Quote

“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.” Walter Lippmann, (1889-1974) American writer, journalist, and political commentator. Source Reference Walter Lippmann Quote

“God requireth not a uniformity of religion.” Roger Williams, (1603-1684) Anglo-American clergyman, advocate for the separation of church and state, founder of the Rhode Island colony. Source: “A Plea for Religious Liberty” in The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of…

“[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men’s blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.” John Locke, (1632-1704) English philosopher and political theorist. Source Reference John Locke…

“Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism….

“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” George Orwell, Source: George…

“The freedom to fail is vital if you’re going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.” Michael Korda,…