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Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or read more
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.
A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.
The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; read more
The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a government poultry inspector.
It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.
It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
The plans differ; the planners are all alike...
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is read more
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over read more
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.