“The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose, to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free society and are still among the greatest threats to our liberty.” StillsPurposeLibertyCitizensThreatBritishCertaintyComparisonMuseumsInquiryCivicsFree SocietyBritish Museum Author:Neil MacGregor
“It is by losing ourselves in inquiry, creation & craft that we become something. Civilization is a continual gift of spirit: inventions, discoveries, insight, art. We are citizens, as Socrates would have said, & we have it available as our own.” ArtSaidSpiritCreationCitizensCivilizationLosingDiscoveryAvailableInsightInventionCraftsInquiryLosing Ourselves Author:Paul Goodman
“While the principles of our Constitution give just latitude to inquiry, every citizen faithful to it will deem embodied expressions of discontent and open outrages of law and patriotism as dishonorable as they are injurious” GivingLawPrinciplesExpressionCitizensConstitutionFaithfulInquiryDiscontentOutrageLatitudeDishonorable Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“Richard Nixon got kicked out of Washington for tapping one hotel suite. Today we're tapping every American citizen in the country, and no one has been put on trial for it or even investigated. We don't even have an inquiry into it.” Has BeensCountryTodayCitizensTrialsHotelInquiryAmerican CitizensTapping Author:Edward Snowden