“I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.” HeartGovernmentLife IsMy HeartComplainingInstanceProtest Book:The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day Source: The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day
“It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.” MatterGovernmentPurposeIndividualLeftSidesReligiousPrayerTakenAtheismCitizensExerciseConscienceFunctionMerePositive AtheismInstanceSoleSecularAcknowledgment Author:Barbara Brandriff Crabb
“Private property is held sacred in all good governments, and particularly in our own. Yet shall the fear of invading it prevent a general from marching his army over a cornfield or burning a house which protects the enemy? A thousand other instances might be cited to show that laws must sometimes be silent when necessity speaks.” SometimesShowsGovernmentMightLawHouseSpeakEnemyThousandProtectArmySacredPropertySilentInstanceBurningPrivate PropertyInvading Author:Andrew Jackson
“The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders.” WorldGovernmentTodayViolenceMassCommittedInstanceBordersPrincipalWorld Today Author:Susan Sontag