Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edmund Burke

Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.

Albert Pike

Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.

Richard Cobden

Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.

Mark Skousen

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Chris Rock

You don't pay taxes; they take them from your check. That's not a payment - that's a 'jack.

Eric Hoffer

The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.

L. Neil Smith

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a moments respite deserve only the end of a rope.

P. J. O'Rourke

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.

P. J. O'Rourke

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.

Vernon Howard

You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.

Harry S Truman

I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.

Madeleine L'Engle

Only Christ can free us from the prison of legalism, and then only if we are willing to be freed.

Chris Woodruff

Oil and gas goes up and down. Now, it's a high commodity and high production. As long as it holds, we'll see that kind of valuation.

Jim Mitchell

Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of.