“Taxes are a barbaric remnant of ancient times in which early farmers, tied to the land, no longer able to roam freely, unable to fight back with awkward agricultural tools the way they once could with hunting implements, became victims, first, of itinerant plunderers, then of bandits settling down beside them to become the governments we know today.” KnowsWayFirstsGovernmentTodayAbleFightingLandTaxesToolsVictimAncientSettlingFarmersHuntingTiedAwkwardSettling DownBarbaricRemnantsAncient TimesBandits Author:L. Neil Smith
“I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature or where people are deeply divided about whether it is... Americans are plainly and persistently divided about abortion and the fiat of government cannot settle the issue as a matter of conscience or of conduct.” PeopleShouldBelieveMatterGovernmentI BelieveReligiousDecisionViewsIssuesAtheismAuthorityConsciencePositive AtheismWitnessSettlingAbortionDivided Author:Edward Kennedy
“We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.” PeopleIfsGovernmentBreakFailingProveSettlingMinoritiesFree GovernmentIncapability Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation particularly by the media.” MeanWarGovernmentResponsibilityMediaCommitmentPeacefulSettlingDisputesCharterAgitationGood Faith Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas