“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation.” ~Edmund Spencer
“Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.” ~Woodrow Wilson
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” ~Orwell
“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 carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.” ~Cicero
“The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.” ~Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
“Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” ~Edmund Burke
“Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.” ~Charles McCabe
