League of the South Quotes

Ivanhoe · #1 (**permalink**) 09-01-2007, 01:08 PM

Arg! I meant to change this to "League of the South Quotes."

dixienet.org always has good quotes in the upper corner. I am going to put them in a compendium for later, inspiring use.

To speak of atrocious crimes in mild language is treason to virtue.”

-- Edmund Burke

"There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell."

-- G.K. Chesterton

Ivanhoe · #2 (**permalink**) 09-01-2007, 01:16 PM

“People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them.”

-- George Santayana

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

-- George Orwell

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

-- William Pitt

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."

-- Sir Winston Churchill

"Never trust a government that doesnt trust its own citizens with guns."

-- Thomas Jefferson

“They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

-- Benjamin Franklin

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides."

-- Margaret Thatcher

“If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

-- Samuel Adams