Today Quotes
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Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.African Proverb
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.Albert Schweitzer
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.Thomas Jefferson
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.Kin Hubbard
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.Plato
You need only reflect that 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 struggle for independence.Charles Austin Beard, historian
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.Voltaire
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment
Since when is public safety the root password to the Constitution?C. D. Tavares
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.George Washington