NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 1491

 

• “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

• • “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” ~ Voltaire
• • “Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous.” ~ President Snow, The Hunger Games
• • “The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.” ~ Charlie Chaplin, from The Great Dictator
• • “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
• • “Control. It’s all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession, and that’s it. So in ancient Rome they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept the populace busy with entertainment, but other dictatorships use other…other strategies to control ideas and knowledge. How do they do that? Lower education. They limit culture. Censor information. They censor any means of individual expression, and it’s important to remember this. That this is a pattern that repeats itself throughout history. ” ~ The Enemy