Thursday, October 10, 2013

Liberty Quotes- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., P. J. O'Rourke, William E. Borah

"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"
1913
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Oliver.Wendell.Holmes.Quote.20A7


"Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every  government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us."
-- P. J. O'Rourke
(1947- ) US humorist, journalist, & political commentator
Source: Parliament of Whores
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/P..J..O'Rourke.Quote.EC1B


"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."
-- William E. Borah
(1865-1940) U. S. Senator
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/WILLIAM.BORAH.Quote.8689


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