I knew what I took upon myself and I was prepared to lose my life by so doing.
Hans Scholl’s explanation of his and his sister Sophie’s opposition to Germany regime. He and his sister were beheaded by the German government on February 22, 1943, having been found guilty of high treason for writing, producing and distributing political pamphlets.
Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
I mean not to boast; I would not excite envy, but manly emulation. We have all one common cause; let it, therefore, be our only contest, who shall most contribute to the security of the liberties of America.
Values supposed to be fixed are fast becoming conjectural, and loss and failure have invaded every branch of business.
The people of the United States are entitled to a sound and stable currency and to money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world.
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in away that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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.