Category: Thought

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”

“I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.”

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

“Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.”

“I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.”

“What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”