More of My Favorite Quotes: March 19/09

March 19, 2009 - Thursday 

More of my Favorite Quotes: Category: Life More of My Favorite Quotes: March 19/09 I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.  Thomas Jefferson  No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.  Thomas Jefferson  No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.  Thomas Jefferson  The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.  Thomas Jefferson  The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.  Thomas Jefferson  Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.  Thomas Jefferson  When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.  Thomas Jefferson  I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959 You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too. John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006) It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire (1694 - 1778) My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952 Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 . Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)