Liberty and Repression
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” – W.E.B. Du Bois
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Withdrawing From a Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
Continue reading →In the Same Boat
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Continue reading →Mankind and War
“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” – John F. Kennedy
Continue reading →Conversation Not Censorship
“We change people through conversation, not through censorship.” – Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter
Continue reading →Thanksgiving and Our Patriotic Duty
“Thanksgiving is America’s national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.” – Michael Dresser
Continue reading →Criticism of the President
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Continue reading →Tyranny for Your Own Good
“Of all tyrannies, tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. Those who torment us for our own good will … Continue reading →
The Love of One’s Country
“The love of one’s country is a natural thing. But why should love stop at the border?” – Pablo Casals
Continue reading →The Squeeze
The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet: The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to … Continue reading →