Friday, September 16, 2011

Liberty Quotes


"Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master." --Demosthenes (384-322 BC) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Demosthenes.Quote.B715

"Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of 'emergency'. It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And 'emergency' became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains." --Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), 31st US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Herbert.Hoover.Quote.4013

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." --James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/James.Madison.Quote.509A

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