 Quote > Ignorant and freeIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free ... it expects what never was and never will be.
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Owned by Unordained - Created on 10/02/2005 - Never edited 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Laugh, it's funny06/22/05 :: Folder :: Freedom of Speech04/29/05 :: Folder :: Education01/28/05 :: Person :: Thomas Jefferson 02/27/08 :: Quote :: DaveOh, that's my problem: I inform people against their will!  10/07/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonThe will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. 09/30/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonWe are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather bed. 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonI know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.  10/17/03 :: Quote :: CLikiCLiki pages can be edited by anyone at any time. Imagine a fearsomely comprehensive disclaimer of liability. Now fear, comprehensively
10/08/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]You should avoid hedging, at least that's what I think. 09/30/05 :: Quote :: Louis D. Brandeis, Justice, US Supreme Court JusticeFear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.  09/27/03 :: Quote :: Strong BadThere are no two people who are not on fire.  09/25/06 :: Image :: HIPAA quiz :: 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Scott AdamsNormal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.  08/09/17 :: Quote :: UnknownSome asshole just farted in my pants. 08/09/17 :: Quote :: Terry Pratchett (not verbatim)Build a man a fire--he'll be warm a night
Set a man on fire--he'll be warm for life 06/19/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Grocery Store Wars - Join the Organic Rebellion05/03/05 :: Article :: Double-quotes for emphasis :: Who the hell thought this was a good idea?04/28/05 :: Article :: Education: The Topless Tower of Bad Thought :: Criticizing modern elitist thought and the modern dialog04/14/07 :: Quote :: Ernest HemingwayHappiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. 01/02/04 :: Quote :: Dennis MillerLiberals always feel your pain. Unless of course, they caused it.  10/06/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: L0rdZ pR4y3r10/03/03 :: Quote :: Woody AllenTo you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the loyal opposition. 09/09/03 :: Quote :: MontesquieuSometimes a man who deserves to be looked down upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mark TwainFamiliarity breeds contempt -- and children. 08/31/04 :: Quote :: insignisThis Earth has less than 10% of its total space remaining. Would you like Windows to run Earth cleanup now? 08/31/04 :: Quote :: ZarthragEarth is 98% full. Please delete anybody you can. 08/29/08 :: Quote :: Harry S TrumanWhenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. 08/22/06 :: Quote :: John Stuart MillIf mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. 08/18/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Live free or die08/15/05 :: Quote :: R.S. Surtees (author)More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. 08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonSometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonYet it is easy to foresee, from the nature of things, that the encroachments of the State governments will tend to an excess of liberty which will correct itself, while those of the General Government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonI would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonAn honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. 07/28/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Outrageous Christianity06/16/05 :: Quote :: Dale HancheyWe embrace this idea with an enthusiasm born of desperation. 04/18/04 :: Quote :: Henry Stimson (Secretary of State)... gentlemen do not read each other's mail. 04/16/07 :: Quote :: Napoleon BonaparteNever interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. 02/11/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Handy Latin Phrases02/10/07 :: Quote :: Sir Francis BaconSilence is the virtue of fools. 01/30/05 :: Quote :: Chuang-tzuAll men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. 01/21/05 :: Quote :: Dale HancheyIf you haven't tested it, it doesn't work. |
