“The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties.” IfsGivingLawPoliticalLibertyTechnologyModernCitizensLessonsProtectResourcesSeptemberLaw EnforcementEnforcementAdequateSeptember 11InterferenceModern Technology Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned - the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach - is that the greatest threat to our lives, liberty, property, and security is not some foreign government, as our rulers so often tell us. The greatest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with our own government!.” WellsHardGovernmentTodayLyingLibertyTeachOur LivesSecurityLessonsPropertyThreatForgottenWell BeingAncestorRulers Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.” FirstsArtSelfActionLastsNationsPrayerWalksLibertySacrificeLessonsUnderstoodInstrumentsBraveVariousNobleHonourIdleAmusementDefenceOld WomanWalks Of Life Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us, as we are constantly told, but rather to sap our economic vitality and undermine our civil and economic liberties.” WarLibertyEconomicMilitaryLessonsProtectPreparationVitalityInterventionSapMilitary Intervention Author:Robert Higgs
“In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.” ShouldFirstsRealityHumanityAsksLibertyPathFailingRevolutionLessonsDrawsTyranny Author:Pierre Trudeau
“If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper. When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare in the general welfare. Then jealousies between man and man, city and city, province and province, nation and nation, will no longer trouble the world.” PeopleIfsMenWorldIndividualNationsWishCitiesLibertyTroubleEconomicLessonsEconomicsCustomersWelfareProvincesGeneral Welfare Author:Frederic Bastiat
“I went to visit Frank Capra, one of my idols, and did a kind of Judd Apatow interview with him. I said, "I'd like the Statue of Liberty to disappear, but I want to do it as a lesson in freedom, how valuable freedom is and what the world would be like without liberty." And Frank Capra looked at me and said, "David, I love your idea, but here's what you're going to do. You're going to try and it's not going to work; it's not going to disappear." And I said, "Mr. Capra, I can't do that."” WorldWantTryingKindSaidI CanIdeasWould BeLibertyLove YouLessonsValuableDisappearInterviewsWorking ItIdolsFrankGoing To WorkStatuesStatue Of Liberty Author:David Copperfield