“Wine is the source of the greatest evils among communities. It causes diseases, quarrels, seditions, idleness, aversion to labor, and family disorders. . . . It is a species of poison that causes madness. It does not make a man die, but it degrades him into a brute. Men may preserve their health and vigor without wine; with wine they run the risk of ruining their health and losing their morals.” MenMayDoeRunningDiesEvilCausesCommunityMoralRiskSourceDiseaseLosingLaborMadnessWineSpeciesPreservesPoisonDisorderIdlenessQuarrelsBrutesVigorDegradeAversion Author:Francois Fenelon
“Indeed, one of the most frightening consequences of the Holocaust may well be that rather than serving as a warning to preserve humanity at all cost, it has provided a license to privilege physical survival over moral existence.” WellsMayHumanityExistenceMoralCostSurvivalConsequencePrivilegePreservesServingWarningHolocaustFrighteningLicense Book:Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity Source: Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity
“The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government - one that leaves the way wide open for people to favor, discuss, advocate, or incite causes and doctrines however obnoxious and antagonistic such views may be to the rest of us.” PeopleWayFirstsKindMayGovernmentCausesViewsSecurityWideFavorsDoctrinePreservesAmendmentsFirst AmendmentObnoxiousFree GovernmentSecurity Systems Author:Hugo Black