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Shared on Mon, 10/23/2006 - 14:45Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
-Lewis H. Lapham, editor (1935- )
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
-C.P. Snow, scientist and writer (1905-1980)
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
-William Proxmire, US senator, reformer (1915-2005)
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
-Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993)
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.
-John Keats, poet (1795-1821)
Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ... are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened
by their friends.
-Walter Lippman, journalist (1889-1974)
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
-Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US president (1908-1973)
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
-Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809)
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
-Robert Brault, software developer, writer (1972- )
News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity.
-Bill Moyers, journalist (1934- )
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
-James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
-Milton Friedman, economist, Novel laureate (1912- )
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
-Archibald MacLeish, poet and librarian (1892-1982)
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence.
-Charles A. Beard, historian (1874-1948 )
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.
-Arnold Toynbee, historian (1889-1975)
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
-Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
-Edward R. Murrow, journalist (1908-1965)
Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
-Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948 )
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
-James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836)
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
-Anne Lamott, writer (1954- )
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
-John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826)
-Lewis H. Lapham, editor (1935- )
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
-C.P. Snow, scientist and writer (1905-1980)
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
-William Proxmire, US senator, reformer (1915-2005)
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.
-Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993)
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.
-John Keats, poet (1795-1821)
Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ... are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened
by their friends.
-Walter Lippman, journalist (1889-1974)
You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
-Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US president (1908-1973)
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
-Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809)
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
-Robert Brault, software developer, writer (1972- )
News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity.
-Bill Moyers, journalist (1934- )
Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
-James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
-Milton Friedman, economist, Novel laureate (1912- )
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
-Archibald MacLeish, poet and librarian (1892-1982)
I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
-Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle for independence.
-Charles A. Beard, historian (1874-1948 )
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.
-Arnold Toynbee, historian (1889-1975)
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
-Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
-Edward R. Murrow, journalist (1908-1965)
Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.
-Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948 )
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
-James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836)
You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
-Anne Lamott, writer (1954- )
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
-John Adams, 2nd US president (1735-1826)
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