The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any… — Jacob K. Javits Copy Share Image
The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail… — Vance Packard Copy Share Image
I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
If we dwell in spirit, or Soul, we are living in happiness, for Soul is a happy entity. It is seldom anything… — Paul Twitchell Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not… — Edmund Morgan Copy Share Image
“The cunning villains used our innocence, naivety and honesty; they incited and steered our virtue, purity and fervent temperaments. When we realized… — Lin Zhao Copy Share Image
The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation… — George C. Wallace Copy Share Image
The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
“The value of free speech lies not just in the protection of popular opinions but in the shelter it provides for dissenting… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50%… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Let not those who say that the path of obedience is a dangerous one claim to believe in the living and true… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
“I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie is many times stronger than we. To give it the weapon of freedom of the press is to ease the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
