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Violence can only be concealed by a lie and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

We must be engaged in the cultural battles—even when we grow weary—for truth is at stake in every arena and eternal destinies hang in the balance.

Charles Colson

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

Friedrich Hegel

Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

Hugo Black

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of legislation.

Jeremy Bentham

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

John Stuart Mill

No matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

Joseph Goebbels

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

Karl Marx

There are 3 types of leaders in this world: the leader that's loved; the leader that's hated; and the leader that people barely know he exists. When the work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Lao Tzu

Propaganda system works because it recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies.

Noam Chomsky

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

Tacitus

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.

Thucydides

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Abbey

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.

George Bernard Shaw

Aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Robert Orben

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Karl Max

Democracy is the worst form of government; except for all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

Every society has the criminals that it deserves.

Havelock Ellis

Free speech absolutist is wrong because it invites someone to do hate: to yell fire in a crowded theatre.

History is written by the winners.

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

Hugo Black

Ideologies have the same answer to everything, they know who the enemies are and go for them.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power would not last three days.

Napoleon Bonaparte

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

It's a moral problem that the government is making into criminals people, who may be doing something you and I don't approve of, but who are doing something that hurts nobody else.

Milton Friedman

It is legal because I want it.

Louis XIV

It is no small matter to know whether we are going to live in a society in which personal rights, individual rights, take precedence over collective rights. It is no minor question of secondary importance to know whether we are going to live in a society in which all citizens are equal before the law and before the State itself. And it is no trivial matter to determine if there will be a spirit of brotherhood and of sharing in the society we are going to live in... When collective rights take precedence over individual freedoms.

Pierre Trudeau

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

George Bernard Shaw

Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.

Milton Friedman

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

Swing first, ask questions later.

Topeka State

That these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Niels Bohr

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Plato

The public arena is where ideas go to battle.

The steeper the dominance hierarchy the more homicides. The bigger the gap the more unstable the society.

Jordan Peterson

There is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada. There are shared values—openness, respect, compassion, willingness to work hard, to be there for each other, to search for equality and justice.

Pierre Trudeau

Those who worry about worldly affairs must be diligent and cautious.

Zeng Guofan

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

John B. Barnhill

Who gets to define what's hate speech? The person you least want to, because that's the person that will enforce it on you.

Jordan Peterson

Workers of the world, unite!

Karl Marx

Write on my gravestone: 'Infidel, Traitor'—infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.

Wendell Phillips

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity and this is one of our marvelous resources.

Marshall McLuhan

You can't force a group of people to do something, because it has an enforcement cost. It's better if they do it on their own free will.

Jordan Peterson

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Quotes

Violence can only be concealed by a lie and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

We must be engaged in the cultural battles—even when we grow weary—for truth is at stake in every arena and eternal destinies hang in the balance.

We must be engaged in the cultural battles—even when we grow weary—for truth is at stake in every arena and eternal destinies hang in the balance.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of legislation.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of legislation.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

No matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

No matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.

There are 3 types of leaders in this world: the leader that's loved; the leader that's hated; and the leader that people barely know he exists. When the work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

There are 3 types of leaders in this world: the leader that's loved; the leader that's hated; and the leader that people barely know he exists. When the work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Propaganda system works because it recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies.

Propaganda system works because it recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.

The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.

Aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Democracy is the worst form of government; except for all the others that have been tried.

Democracy is the worst form of government; except for all the others that have been tried.

Every society has the criminals that it deserves.

Every society has the criminals that it deserves.

Free speech absolutist is wrong because it invites someone to do hate: to yell fire in a crowded theatre.

Free speech absolutist is wrong because it invites someone to do hate: to yell fire in a crowded theatre.

History is written by the winners.

History is written by the winners.

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

Ideologies have the same answer to everything, they know who the enemies are and go for them.

Ideologies have the same answer to everything, they know who the enemies are and go for them.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power would not last three days.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power would not last three days.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

It's a moral problem that the government is making into criminals people, who may be doing something you and I don't approve of, but who are doing something that hurts nobody else.

It's a moral problem that the government is making into criminals people, who may be doing something you and I don't approve of, but who are doing something that hurts nobody else.

It is legal because I want it.

It is legal because I want it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.

Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Swing first, ask questions later.

Swing first, ask questions later.

That these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

That these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

The public arena is where ideas go to battle.

The public arena is where ideas go to battle.

The steeper the dominance hierarchy the more homicides. The bigger the gap the more unstable the society.