Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without ploughing the ground. Frederick Douglass

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Frederick Douglass

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass

The death of one man is a tragedy, but the death of a million is a statistic. Joseph Stalin

It’s a strange thing, love. You can’t get rid of it. If you try to give it out, you get more back. If you try to hang onto it, you lose it. Unknown

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.)

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers

If you don’t read the newspaper you are un-informed, if you do read the newspaper you are mis-informed. Mark Twain