PAINE, THOMAS - Accountable to Nobody

Plato - "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." - Plato 428 BC - 348 BC

Plato - The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men - Plato 428 BC - 348 BC

RAND, AYN - Fascism & Communism are not two opposites, but two rival gangs fighting over the same territory, based on the collectivist principle that man is the rightless slave of the state. - Ayn Rand 1905 - 19

RAND, AYN - The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time - Ayn Rand 1905-1982

SNOWDEN, EDWARD - Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. - Edward Snowden

SOWELL, THOMAS - "If you cannot achieve equality of performance among people born to the same parents and raised under the same roof, how realistic is it to expect to achieve it across broader and deeper social divisi

SOWELL, THOMAS - What is your fair share of what someone else has worked for? - Dr. Thomas Sowell

SOWELL, THOMAS - When You Want to Help People, You Tell Them the Truth. When You Want to Help Yourself, You Tell Them What They Want to Hear. - Dr. Thomas Sowell

STEVENSON, ADLAI E. - All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions - Adlai Stevenson 1900-1965