Liberty Quotes

"Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids." -Frank Chodorov (1887-1966) American author, publisher
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Frank.Chodorov.Quote.D4E8

"Every ambitious would-be empire clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and is sacrificing her sons only for the most noble and humanitarian purposes. That is a lie, and it is an ancient lie, yet generations still rise and believe it! ... If America ever does seek Empire, and most nations do, then planned reforms in our domestic life will be abandoned, States Rights will be abolished -- in order to impose a centralized government upon us for the purpose of internal repudiation of freedom, and adventures abroad. The American Dream will then die -- on battlefields all over the world -- and a nation conceived in liberty will destroy liberty for Americans and impose tyranny on subject nations." -George S. Boutwell (1818-1905) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, Governor of Massachusetts, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Abraham Lincoln.)
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/George.Boutwell.Quote.D401

"If you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all." -Spiro Agnew 1918-1996) 39th Vice President of the United States (1969-1973), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland (1967-1969)
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Spiro.Agnew.Quote.4FDC