Free speech Quote by Rudi Wobbe

“The terrible thing that the Party had done was to persuade you that mere impulses, mere feelings, were of no account, while at the…

— George Orwell

“That the Party did not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority. That it sought power because…

— George Orwell

“In general, the country is wise, but the political parties are not. It is these, and only these, that we have to fear. It…

— Adolphe Thiers

“In a Party member, on the other hand, not even the smallest deviation of opinion on the most unimportant subject can be tolerated.”

— George Orwell

“In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it.”

— George Orwell

“And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it…

— George Orwell

“Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.”

— Charles Dudley Warner

“Neither the discontent of party friends, nor the allurements constantly offered of confirmations of appointees conditions upon the avowal that suspensions have been made…

— Grover Cleveland

“Mindless rules, not accountable officials, are the enemy of freedom.”

— Philip K. Howard

“To judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince the justness…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes-- and…

— Mark Twain

“No atrocity was ever committed because people were being too reasonable, too skeptical, or too independently minded.”

— Sam Harris