Friday, May 21, 2010

Bunch Of Quotations

"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
-- A. J. Liebling (1904-1963) Journalist, author
Source: The Paper (Richard Kluger), 1986
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/A..J..Liebling.Quote.61CE


"America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation." -- Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) Historian and author
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Henry.Commager.Quote.CC01


"The pretence is made that to do away with right and wrong would produce uncivilized people, immorality, lawlessness, and social chaos. The fact is that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respected people have escaped from moral chains and are able to think freely." -- J. A. Stormer Author
Source: Taken from his updated book, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/J..A..Stormer.Quote.3988

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"It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." -- Estienne de la Boétie
(1530-1563) French judge, writer, political philosopher
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Estienne.de.la.Boétie.Quote.A96C


"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."
-- George Santayana  (1863-1952) Spanish-born philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Santayana.Quote.60E0


"Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will turn vegetarian." -- Heywood Hale Broun (1918-2001) American sportswriter, commentator, and actor
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Heywood.Broun.Quote.01C6

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