In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.Thomas Jefferson
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.Salvador Dalí
It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.Richard Dawkins
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.Salman Rushdie
It was not a religion that attacked us that September day. It was al-Qaeda. We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust.Barack Obama
It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.Honoré de Balzac
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.Albert Camus
I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.Thomas Jefferson
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.Noam Chomsky
