If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When… — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The purpose and effect of [land titles] have been to maintain, in the hands of robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“If a man is convinced that he is safe only as long as he uses his power to give others a sense… — Howard Thurman Copy Share Image
The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
An evil exists that threatens every man, woman, and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A false friend, an unjust judge, a braggart, hypocrite, and tyrant, sincere in hatred, jealous, vain and revengeful, false in promise, honest… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It has always happened that tyrants, in order to strengthen their power, have made every effort to train their people not only… — Etienne de La Boetie Copy Share Image
Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
The automobile, practical since 1906, was proceeding to disintegrate and stamp anew the pattern of communication, manners, and city life in the… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
So that this nation may long endure, I urge you to follow in the hallowed footsteps of the great disobedience of history… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image