"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. " - Albert Einstein
"The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure. " - Albert Einstein
"Of all the things that can be forced upon men; freedom cannot; this each man must take for himself. Freedom being the most precious of commodities; it is not obtained at bargain prices; it is costly; and by Heaven rightfully so. Honor, courage, sacrifice, and vigilance are the coin by which freedom is obtained. A day gone without payment rendered – is a day without freedom. " - Thomas John Clark
"All law is the protection of property rights, all else is policy. " - Ganaposki's Axiom
"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it. " – John Hay
"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. " - Bertrand Russell
"If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be... if we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed. " - Thomas Jefferson
"Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic, but will they keep it, or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. ” - Thomas Jefferson
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. ” - Thomas Jefferson
"Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself. " - Thomas Paine
“It has ever been the scheme of government to keep the people ignorant of their rights. ” - Thomas Paine
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance does whatever is dictated to it. " - Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ” -Thomas Paine
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. " - James Madison
“It will be of little avail to people that the laws are made by people of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be understood; or if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated or undergo such incessant changes that no man knows what it will be tomorrow... frequent changes give an unreasonable advantage to the sagacious, enterprising and moneyed few, over the industrious and uninformed mass of the people. ” - James Madison
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. " - Daniel Webster
“The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of the executive power. ” - Daniel Webster
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. " - Learned Hand
“The government turns every contingency into an excuse for enhancing power in itself. ” - John Adams
"Men think in herds, go mad in herds, but recover their senses, one by one. " - Charles Mackay
"All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void. " - Marbury v. Madison, 5 U. S. (2 Cranch) 137 (1803)
"It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. " - U. S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson
"There is nothing more terrifying than ignorance in action. ” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. ” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. ” - John Milton
"There is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom, for in that way one captures volition itself. ” - Rousseau
"The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. " - John F. Kennedy
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or arms. Crouch down and lick the hand which feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. " - Samuel Adams
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. " - Winston Churchill
"Take away a nation's heritage and they are more easily persuaded. " - Karl Marx
“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. ” -Tryon Edwards
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves" - Lord Byron
"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened. " - Winston Churchill
"Stranger, tell the Spartans that we lie here obedient to their word. The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. " – Thucydides