11 March 2009

Quotes for Wednesday

"It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve."
~ Henry George


"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
~ H.L. Mencken


"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too."
~ Somerset Maugham

1 comment:

CountryDreaming said...

Thank you for these timeless yet timely quotes. I hope many more people discover your blog. We need inspiration, prayer, and action. I have some Alaskan relatives not too far from Anchorage. Nice to meet you.