To limit the press is to insult a nation to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. (Claude Adrien Helvetius)
It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye. (George Pratt Shultz)
Funny is an attitude. (Flip Wilson)
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable. (Plato)
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death (Patrick Henry)
It is not enough to have a good mind the main thing is to use it well. (Rene Descartes)
That grief is light which can take counsel. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. (H. G. Wells)
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. (Charles Franklin Kettering)
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame. (Confucius)
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. (Henrik Ibsen)
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. (I Ching)
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. (Denis Diderot)
If none of us ever read a book that was 'dangerous,' had a friend who was 'different' or joined an organization that advocated 'change,' we would all be just the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. Whose fault is that Not really McCarthy's. He didn't create this situation of fear. He merely exploited it, and rather successfully. (Edward R. Murrow)
Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest. (Euripides)
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but improves its chances. (B. J. Gupta)
It is the mind which creates the world about us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. (George Gissing)
There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around. (Ronald Reagan)
All men have need of the gods. (Homer)