“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”~William Proxmire American politician William Proxmire was born on this day in 1915.
“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”~William Proxmire American politician William Proxmire was born on this day in 1915.
“There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.”~Kate Seredy American writer and illustrator Kate Seredy was born on this day in 1899.
“He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.”~William Wirt American lawyer, politician, author, and 9th United States Attorney General William Wirt was born on this day in 1772.
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.”~Albert Camus French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist Albert Camus was born on this day in 1913.
“Evil news fly faster still than good.”~Thomas Kyd English playwright Thomas Kyd was baptized on this day in 1558.
“For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and compete, and there is a word, a phrase: ‘free and fair competition.’”~Lobsang Tenzin Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician Lobsang Tenzin was born on this day in 1937.
“No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.”~Benjamin Robbins Curtis American lawyer, … Continue reading Random Quote for November 04, 2025
“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact, to their existence, that without it we must fall into despotism … Continue reading Random Quote for November 03, 2025
“It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.”~Matthew Hale English barrister, judge, and jurist Matthew Hale was born on this day in 1609.
“The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.”~B. H. Liddell Hart British soldier, military historian, and military theorist B. H. Liddell Hart was born on this day in 1895.
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