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The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are. – H. L. Mencken Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Liberty is not a right but a duty. – Ezra Pound Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Life is a gift. Freedom is a responsibility. – Eric Schaub Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
It is embarrassing to have to remind people of this in the United States of America. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson singled out three natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The last phrase, appearing instead of property, has prompted much discussion. I cannot say what Jefferson was thinking. But here's a plausible theory: Property is already implicit in liberty. If you are free, you can use your belongings as you see fit. But by specifying the pursuit of happiness Jefferson might have been pointing out that the blessing of liberty need not be justified through selfless service to others. One's life and happiness on earth are justification enough. – Sheldon Richman Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself. – Thomas Szasz Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all -- security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. – Edward Gibbon Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Travel makes one modest: one sees what a tiny place one occupies in the world. – Gustave Flaubert Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
People demand freedom only when they have no power. – Friedrich Nietzsche Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. – Ayn Rand Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
The human race divides itself politically into those who want to be controlled, and those who have no such desire. – Robert A. Heinlein Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, and two-thirds of our government regulations, restrictions, inhibitions were removed. – Albert J. Beveridge Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
As we celebrate Thanksgiving ... we should ask what we can do as individuals to demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done. Such reflection can only add to the significance of this precious day of remembrance. Let us recommit ourselves to that devotion to God and family that has played such an important role in making this a great Nation, and which will be needed as a source of strength if we are to remain a great people. – Ronald Reagan Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another's control... to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past. Forgiveness frees the forgiver. It extracts the forgiver from someone else's nightmare. – Lance Morrow Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. – Harriet Nelson Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Some mistakes cannot be redeemed but by forgiveness. – Eric Schaub Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. – Cicero Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. – William Shakespeare Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. – Martha Washington Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air -- that progress made under the shadow of the policeman's club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave. – H. L. Mencken Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, that religion, or the duty we owe our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. – James Madison Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. – Edmund Burke Famous Quote	added 4 days ago
Then what is freedom? It is the will to be responsible to ourselves. – Friedrich Nietzsche Famous Quote	added 4 days ago

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