A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he

"I here close my examination into those natural rights, which, in my humble opinion, it is the business of civil government to protect,...

"Always stand on principle…even if you stand alone." John Adams

"The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed."  William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the...

“As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon others, God or nature. We must...

“Nothing opens the door for a totalitarian regime as surely as the elimination of God as source and guarantor of our rights. You do not...

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” Abraham Lincoln

"Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself" Thomas Paine.

"Follow your enthusiasm. It's something I've always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy...

"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." Silence Dogood, pseudonym of Benjamin...

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke

"Some people's idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone speaks out it is an outrage" Winston Churchill

“Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” Harriet Tubman

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

"The people have a right to freedom of speech, and of writing and publishing their sentiments; therefore the freedom of the press ought...

"If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas - not run away from them or try and silence them."...

"No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech. It was in their eyes, as in the eyes of all...

"I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be...

“It is only the present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about that warrants Congress in setting a limit to the...

“Hitherto charters have been written grants of privileges by governments to the people. Here they are written grants of power by the...