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"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy." -- George Orwell, 1984, chapter one

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.”

-Thomas Paine

“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.” John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”, 1859

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Winston Churchill

"I want the people of America to be able to work less for the

government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own

industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a

condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we

are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty."

--President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done."
--Leonardo da Vinci)