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“Democracy is the road to socialism.” – Often attributed to Karl Marx.
“The good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves.”
– Thomas Jefferson
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.” – Lord John Dalberg-Acton
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. Yet we have this consolation with us: the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It would be strange indeed if so celebrated an article as freedom should not be highly rated.” – Thomas Paine
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” – James Madison
“I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment than by violent and sudden usurpations.” – James Madison
“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.” – Albert Camus
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” – William Pitt
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.”
– Pericles, 430 B.C.
“Why of course people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor England, nor for that matter Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.” – Hermann Goering, Nazi Germany Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (air force), Reichsmarschall, Senior Rank over all officers in Nazi Germany's armed forces.
“You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.” – Henrik Ibsen
“Civilization has been a continuous struggle of the individual or groups of individuals against the State and even against society; that is, against the majority subdued and hypnotized by the State and State worship.” – Emma Goldman
“Universal History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” – Lord John Dalberg-Acton
“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” – Lord John Dalberg-Acton
“Liberty is the Freedom to say ‘NO!’” – Douglas V. Gibbs
“With Freedom comes Responsibility to do what we know in our hearts is right and proper. After all, the Declaration of Independence tells us that our liberties are self-evident. If that is true, do we truly have any excuse to stand in defiance of liberty, or moral law?” — Douglas V. Gibbs
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