Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
– Benjamin Franklin
Category: Quote O’ The Day
“I’m tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
— L. Neil Smith
After fighting a bloody revolution against a tyrannical king and the most powerful army in the world, our founding fathers set about creating the Supreme Law of the Land. They were most concerned about free speech and the National Guard’s right to hunt ducks with muskets.
–Walter Flegalmansenson
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
– Lord Acton
I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men’s rights.
— Abraham Lincoln
“Banning weapons is the most white privilege idea ever. Rich liberals scoffing at the idea that a person might need to defend their own life is a tower so ivory you can’t look at it in direct sunlight. It’s the personal safety equivalent of “just have the maid do it.”
– Caleb Howe
It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
— Justice Robert H. Jackson
So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create ‘social justice’ is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.
– Thomas Sowell
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
– Thomas A. Edison
Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.
– Steve Buyer
There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
– Walt Whitman
The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.
– Mark Levin
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.
– Richard Henry Lee
Whether you believe you can or not, you’re right.
– Henry Ford
It is once again the time of year where you spend untold hours and treasure to grow about $11.00 worth of tomatoes – anon
It is a basic principle of a tyrant to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.
– Walter Raleigh
The only person who you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday – anonymous
Genius has limits but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
-Alexandre Dumas
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
– Thomas Jefferson
May 1 is a better date for Victims of Communism Day than the available alternatives, such as November 7 (the anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia) and August 23 (the anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact).
-Eugene Volokh