Monday, June 6, 2011

Peace

Human history teaches us that peace means the forcible submission of the conquered to domination once the invader has consolidated his victory, the loss of everything the vanquished hold dear, and the end of their enjoyment of the fruits of their labour and their conquests. ... Such conditions may mark the end of actual combat, but they certainly cannot be called peace.
Source: Maria Montessori, Education And Peace, 1932
Taken From: Stephan Kinsella: Montessori, Peace and Libertarianism

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Lazy Liberty

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
Source: John Philpot Curran (1790)
Taken From:  Does Secession Without a State Militia Make Sense?

Saturday, June 4, 2011

In Defense of Liberty

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Source:  Daniel Webster (June 3rd, 1834)
Taken From:  Does Secession Without a State Militia Make Sense?

Friday, June 3, 2011

Truth

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.
Source: Arthur Ponsonby, Falsehood in Wartime: Propaganda Lies of the First World War (1928)
Taken From: Antiwar.com & Wikiquote

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Run John Run

Run, John, run the law commands,
But gives me neither feet nor hands;
Far better news the gospel brings:
It bids me fly; it gives me wings.
Source: John Bunyan, Unsourced

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Freedom

I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves.
Source: Harriet Tubman
Taken From: Wikquote, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2003)