"I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom."
Voltaire
(1694-1778)
"Clever tyrants are never punished."
Voltaire
(1694-1778)
"Common sense is not so common."
Voltaire
(1694-1778)
"Every generation needs a new revolution."
President Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826)
"An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded."
Pope John-Paul II
(1925-2005)
"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's an easy way: stop participating in it."
Noam Chomsky
(1928- )
"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel."
Ché Guevara
(1928-1967)
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume."
Noam Chomsky
(1928- )
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."
Samuel Adams
(1722-1803)
"It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me."
Ho Chi Minh
(1890-1969)
"They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils."
Francis Bacon
(1561-1626)
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."
John F. Kennedy
(1917 - 1963)
"Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones."
Edmund Burke
(1729 - 1797)
"Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost."
J-J Rousseau
(1712 - 1778)