Quote by Voltaire on Spirit of the Times and Thought
“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”
Voltaire
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Voltaire Quote on Censorship and Credibility
“It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.”
Voltaire
No Statement Should Be Believed – Robert A. Heinlein Quote
“No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.”
Robert A. Heinlein
Samuel Adams Quote on Protecting Press Freedom, Freedom of Conscience, and Gun Rights
“The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.”
Samuel Adams
Paper Money Quote by Voltaire – Worthlessness and Money
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero.”
Voltaire
Quote by Robert A. Heinlein on Optimism and Pessimism
“Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”
Robert A. Heinlein
Natural Liberty of Man – Quote by Samuel Adams
“The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.”
Samuel Adams
George Bernard Shaw Quote on Socialism and Equal Distribution
“A socialist is somebody who doesn’t have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Eventually All Things Fall into Place” – Quote by Albert Schweitzer
“Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.”
Albert Schweitzer
Love your Country, but never trust its Government – Robert A. Heinlein
“Love your country, but never trust its government.”
Robert A. Heinlein