Home / Quotes / Quote by Friedrich Schiller

Quote by Friedrich Schiller

“Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.”

Quote by Friedrich Schiller

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller, born on November 10, 1759 and died on May 9, 1805, was a prominent German poet, playwright, and philosopher. His works had a profound impact on German literature and thought, and he is considered one of the most important figures in the history of German literature. more

You May Also Like

“The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state.”

Ideas Real States Government Nations Liberty Issues Economic Internet Creating Libertarian Zone Libertarianism Sovereign Seamless

Author:John Perry Barlow

“Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. Bankruptcies and losses concentrate the mind on prudent behavior.”

Mind Loss Sin Liberty Behavior Capitalism Libertarian Libertarianism Prudent Bankruptcy

Author:Allan H. Meltzer

“Law! What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?”

Care Law Liberty Libertarian Libertarianism I Care

Author:Cornelius Vanderbilt

“Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy to have 18 million lawsuits coursing through our system annually?”

World Needs Doe America Liberty Millions Economy Healthy Percent Libertarian Lawyer Libertarianism Lawsuit

Author:Dan Quayle

“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected - those, precisely, who need the law's protection most! - and listens to their testimony.”

“Our two-party system is a fraud, a sham, a delusion. On foreign policy, trade, immigration, Big Government, we have one-party government, one party press; and conservatives are being played for suckers.”

Two Bigs Government Party Liberty Policy Trade Presses Libertarian Immigration Delusion Fraud Foreign Policy Libertarianism Sucker Big Government Being Played Two Party System

Author:Pat Buchanan

“Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Or as Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek said, "in government, the scum rises to the top".”

People Thinking Knows Men Littles Said Government Powerful Liberty Ego Draws Fellows Libertarian Libertarianism Fellow Man Nobel Scum Hayek Friedrich Hayek Powerful Government

Author:Walter E. Williams

“Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.”

Men Liberty Greatness Libertarian Libertarianism Great Libertarian Greatness Within

Author:Albert Camus

“Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.”

“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.”

Said Liberty Ultimate Constitution Libertarian Libertarianism Libertarian Party Touchstones

Author:Felix Frankfurter