No, grasshopper, evil cannot be conquered in the world. It can only be resisted within oneself. — Kung Fu
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. — Voltaire
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. — Peter Ustinov
All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death. — Otto von Bismark
The best form of government is one with two branches, named Smith & Wesson. — Dave Eriqat
... The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it. — General Robert E. Lee
It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government. — Thomas Paine
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. — Plato
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero. — Voltaire
Justice goes to the highest bidder. — Dave Eriqat
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one. — Charles Mackay
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. — Lysander Spooner
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. — Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
Human beings are intelligent enough to destroy themselves, but not intelligent enough to avoid doing so. — Dave Eriqat
What luck for rulers that men do not think. — Adolf Hitler
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. — Joseph Stalin
If we adopt the behavior of the "enemy" we are no different from the "enemy." — Dave Eriqat
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. — Dr. Ian Malcolm in the movie Jurassic Park
A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master, who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression. — Edward Gibbon, from Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3
The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. — George Orwell, from Notes on Nationalism
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. — George Washington
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. — Oscar Wilde
Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure. — Robert LeFevre
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. — Edward Abbey
Sometimes the best software is the least software. — Dave Eriqat
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. — Thomas Jefferson
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. — Frederic Bastiat
Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. — Benito Mussolini
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. — Aldous Huxley
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. — Thomas Paine
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. — Ambrose Bierce
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. — H. L. Mencken
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. — Cornelius Tacitus
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop