"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship . . . Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." -Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II

"The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining supercapitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control.... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent." Congressman Larry P. McDonald, 1976, killed in the Korean Airlines 747 that was 'shot down by the Soviets'

"The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in inequity and born in sin... Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to create money, and, with a flick of a pen, they will create enough money to buy it back again... Take this great power away from them, or if you want to continue to be the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit." - Sir Joseph Stamp, former president of the Bank of England.

"If it is believed that elementary schools will be better managed by the governor and council, the commissioners of the literary fund or any other general authority of the government than by the parents within each ward, it is a belief against all experience. Try the principle one step further, and commit to the governor and council the management of all our farms, our mills and merchants' stores." Thomas Jefferson

"From the days of Sparticus Wisehaupt, Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenberg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French Revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire." - Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England, in 1922.

"If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being in the gift of Almigthy God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave" - Samuel Adams, 1772

"If you crush out individuality by the strong arm of the State, then ultimately the state will be all, and the individual and the family will be nothing, and liberty will be destroyed." - J. Gresham Machen (1934)

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise their power from behind the scenes." - Justice Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court.

"Now look at Jesus. He never talked about love of souls, and never judged people as a class. He always took the man, the woman, or the child as a person. Jesus respected that sacred thing, Individuality." - Josephine Butler (1869)

"The philosophy of the Gospel is the only sure foundation upon which to build a society dedicated to the principles of liberty. It is my firm belief that Christians have a solemn obligation to be dedicated -- as is the Machen-Butler Society -- to the promotion of liberty. Just as Christ's death and resurrection offer us freedom from eternal death, so does the philosophy of our faith provide the best framework for individual liberty." - U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, TX

"I never consider a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson

"Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you . . ." (Luke 10:20)

"It can not be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!" - Patrick Henry

"Only lay down true principles, and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendancy of the people . . . The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen, in his person and property, and in their management. Try by this, as a tally, every provision of our Constitution, and see if it hangs directly on the will of the people." -Thomas Jefferson

If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government that is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. - James Madison

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt. - John Philpot Curran, 1790

If that six-year-old had brought a baseball bat to school, and in retaliation for being slapped the day before had beaten that little girl to death in front of the rest of the class, it would have been all over the news just as this event has been all over the news. But here is the $64 question: Would anyone be calling for a ban on baseball bats? - Anonoymous

Corrupt politicians inspire assassins. Of course they don't want people to have guns. Politicians never trust the people to whom they give reason to shoot them. - Angel Shamaya

"A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless." Justice Antonin Scalia

"Massachusetts is the crash test dummy for anti-gun laws." - Carla Howell

"This institution (Bank of the U.S.) is one of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution...an institution like this, penetrating by its branches every part of the Union, acting by command and in phalanx, may, in a critical moment, upset the government." - Thomas Jefferson in letter to Gallatin, 1803.

"Being a lover of freedom, when the [Nazi] revolution came, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but no, the universities were immediately silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers, whose flaming editorials in days gone had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks... "Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign for suppressing the truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration for it because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual and moral freedom. I am forced to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly." - Albert Einstein

"Christianity is not a religion; it is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ." Anonymous posting to a Christian mailing list.

"Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" II Corinthians 3:17

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds" II Corinthians 9:4

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Philippians 2:3

"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmuring and disputings." Philippians 2:13-14

"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." James 2:26

"When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church � and there was nobody left to be concerned." � Pastor Martin Niemoller, Congressional Record, October 14, 1968, vol. 114, p. 31636.

"We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution." � Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Points of Rebellion, New York: Random House, 1970

"We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences." - Virginia Satir

"I was in prison and you came to visit me." - Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 25:36

"The most difficult struggle of all is the one within ourselves. Let us not get accustomed and adjusted to these conditions. The one who adjusts ceases to discriminate between good and evil. He becomes a slave in body and soul. Whatever may happen to you, remember always: Don't adjust! Revolt against the reality." - Mordechai Anielewicz, Jewish Resistance leader against Nazi oppression in Warsaw, Poland (1943)

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a People who mean to be their own governours, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." - James Madison to WT Barry, August 4, 1822.

"If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist." - Tehyi Hsieh

"Political corruption begins with every voter who votes his pocketbook instead of for what's good for the country. There is little difference between the selling of his vote by an elected official and the selling of his vote by a voter, to whatever candidate promises him some benefit." � Jon Roland, speech during his campaign for Congress, 1974

"In politics nothing gets done until you first create a channel of corruption." � Jesse Cuellar, cynical observer of the political scene, 1982

"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land." (2 Chronicles 7:14)

"On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he can plunder from the producers." - Murray N. Rothbard