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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
A classic since 1953 with over 20,000 quotes from over 3,000 authors.


Famous Last Words
Apt Observations, Pleas, Curses, Benedictions, Sour Notes, Bons Mots, and Insights from People on the Brink of Departure


Stretch Your Wings
Famous Black Quotations for the Young


American Quotations
An exhaustive collection of profound quotes from the founding fathers, presidents, statesmen, scientists, constitutions, court decisions


The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations


Last Words of Saints and Sinners
700 Final Quotes from the Famous, the Infamous, and the Inspiring Figures of History


America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations
Contains over 2,100 profound quotations from founding fathers, presidents, constitutions, court decisions and more


The Law
This 1850 classic is an absolute must read for anyone interested in law, justice, truth, or liberty. A most compelling and revolutionary look at The Law.


Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)


The Stupidest Things Ever Said by Politicians
Rise up, America -- and laugh out loud at the greatest gaffes that no spin doctor could possibly fix!


The 776 Even Stupider Things Ever Said
Another great collection of stupidity


Quotable Quotes
Wit and Wisdom for All Occasions from America's Most Popular Magazine


The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time
You don't have to be a genius to sound like one. Here's a collection of the most profound and provocative wit and wisdom in the English language in two lines or less.


2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs
Invaluable sampler of witticisms, epigrams, sayings, bon mots, platitudes and insights chosen for their brevity and pithiness.


Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts Funny Sayings
A stupendous collection of quotes, quips, epigrams, witticisms, and humorous comments for personal enjoyment and ready reference.


Quick Quips and Quotes; 532 Things I Wish I Had Said
Quick Quips and Quotes is the Ultimate Collection of one liners.


Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes
The ultimate anthology of anecdotes, now revised with over 700 new entries.


Quotations for Public Speakers
A Historical, Literary, and Political Anthology


Liberty - The American Revolution
This compelling series traces the events leading up to the war and America's fight for freedom.


Founding Fathers
The story of how these disparate characters fomented rebellion in the colonies, formed the Continental Congress, fought the Revolutionary War, and wrote the Constitution


Libertarianism: A Primer
David Boaz, director of the Cato Institute, has written a simple introduction to Libertarianism inteneded to appeal to disgruntled Democrats and Republicans everywhere.


The Libertarian Reader
Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao-Tzu to Milton Friedman


Thomas Paine: Collected Writings
All the classics: Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters

 
Andrei SakharovFreedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorships. 
Andrei SakharovProfound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas. 
SakiA little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation. 
SaladinEuropean merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat. 
Richard SalantIf newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something should or should not be broadcast because of Washington or Main Street consequences, we have dishonored ourselves and we have lost the First Amendment by default. 
Richard SalantOur job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. 
J. D. SalingerMorons hate it when you call them a moron. 
SallustFew men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. 
John SalterA government which will turn its tanks upon its people, for any reason, is a government with a taste of blood and a thirst for power and must either be smartly rebuked, or blindly obeyed in deadly fear. 
A. E. SamaanFascism, communism and national socialism all share in common the explicit premise that the individual must subordinate himself to society's needs, or as Hitler would phrase it: 'Society's needs come before the individual needs.'  
Patricia SampsonSelf-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward. 
Lord Herbert Louis SamuelWithout doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built. 
Julian Sanchez[There is a] strong correlation between market freedom and lower government corruption -- not terribly surprising, since the effect of increasing regulatory power is to shift 'cheating' from the private to the public sphere. 
Carl SandburgMen of ideas vanish when freedom vanishes. 
Carl SandburgNothing happens unless first a dream. 
Bernie SandersOne of our best-kept secrets is the degree to which a handful of huge corporations control the flow of information in the United States. Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read. And the situation is likely to become much worse as a result of radical deregulation efforts by the Bush administration and some horrendous court decisions. Television is the means by which most Americans get their “news.” Without exception, every major network is owned by a huge conglomerate that has enormous conflicts of interest. … The bottom line is that fewer and fewer huge conglomerates are controlling virtually everything that the ordinary American sees, hears and reads. This is an issue that Congress can no longer ignore. 
Margaret Sanger[W]hile there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands of abortions performed in America each year are a disgrace to civilization. 
Margaret SangerA free race cannot be born of slave mothers. 
Margaret Sanger[N]o one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions. 
Margaret SangerI accepted an invitation to talk to the women's branch of the Ku Klux Klan...I was escorted to the platform, was introduced, and began to speak...In the end, through simple illustrations, I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered. 
Margaret SangerI think the greatest sin in the world is bringing children into the world, that have disease from their parents, they have no chance in the world to be a human being practically...Delinquents, prisoners, all sorts of things just marked when they're born. That to me is the greatest sin -- that people can -- can commit. 
Margaret SangerAs an advocate for birth control, I wish to take advantage of the present opportunity to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit', admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. 
Margaret SangerNo woman shall have the legal right to bear a child, and no man shall have the right to become a father, without a permit for parenthood. 
Margaret SangerApply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring. 
Margaret Sanger...these two words [birth control] sum up our whole philosophy...It means the release and cultivation of better elements in our society, and the gradual suppression, elimination, and eventual extinction, of defective stocks -- those human weeds which threaten the blooming of the finest flowers of American civilization. 
Margaret SangerBirth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race. 
Margaret SangerWe should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population… 
Margaret SangerEugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock. 
Margaret SangerEugenics is … the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems. 
Margaret SangerBirth control itself, often denounced as a violation of natural law, is nothing more or less than the facilitation of the process of weeding out the unfit, of preventing the birth of defectives or of those who will become defectives. 
Margaret SangerThe unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit,' [is] the greatest present menace to civilization… the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective. 
Margaret SangerThe campaign for birth control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical with the final aims of eugenics. 
Margaret SangerOur failure to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying… a dead weight of human waste… an ever-increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all. 
Margaret SangerThe undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. 
Margaret SangerThe procreation of [the diseased, the feeble-minded and paupers] should be stopped. 
Margaret SangerThe marriage bed is the most degenerative influence in the social order... 
Margaret Sanger[Our objective is] unlimited sexual gratification without the burden of unwanted children... 
Margaret SangerGive dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. 
George Santayana[I'm too old to] be influenced by newspaper arguments. When I read them I form perhaps a new opinion of the newspaper but seldom a new opinion on the subject discussed. 
George SantayanaThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. 
George SantayanaOnly the dead have seen the end of war. 
George SantayanaTo knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood. 
George SantayanaSkepticism is a discipline fit to purify the mind of prejudice and render it all the more apt, when the time comes, to believe and to act wisely. 
George SantayanaWhen all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and reestablish themselves alone. 
George SantayanaThe wisest mind has something yet to learn. 
George SantayanaFanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. 
George SantayanaThere is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal. 
George SantayanaSkepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly. 
George SantayanaIntelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. 
George SantayanaThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. 
Rick SantelliI can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like 'gold is my enemy, I'm always watching what gold is doing', we need to think why he made a statement like that. If you're a central banker or one of the congressmen or senators, watch what gold is doing because this is a no-confidence vote in fiscal and dollar policy. 
Epes SargentRepublics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful. 
Greg Sargent... political reporters love to write about politics as if they are merely disinterested observers of political events and the public's perceptions of them, when in fact they play a very key role in shaping those events and perceptions. 
Greg Sargent... political reporters love to write about politics as if they are merely disinterested observers of political events and the public's perceptions of them, when in fact they play a very key role in shaping those events and perceptions. 
David SarnoffFreedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe. 
William SaroyanGood people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. 
Carmine SarracinoI know, both by reason and by experience, that if you ever need a gun, whether in Katmandu or Los Angeles, at that moment you will have never needed anything so badly in your life. 
May SartonThe poet must be free to love or hate as the spirit moves him, free to change, free to be a chameleon, free to be an enfant terrible. He must above all never worry about this effect on other people. 
Jean-Paul SartreMan is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does. 
Jean-Paul SartreMan is condemned to be free. 
Jean-Paul SartreFreedom is what you do with what's been done to you. 
Debra SaundersIf politicians don't respect the law, why should citizens respect politicians? 
Tupper SaussyAbout all a Federal Reserve note can legally do is wipe out one debt and replace it with itself another debt, a note that promises nothing. If anything's been paid, the payment occurs only in the minds of the parties... 
Robert C. SavageMost people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated. 
George SavileWhen the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get anything by their Victory but new masters. Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms. 
George SavileWherever a Knave is not punished, an honest Man is laugh'd at. 
Girolamo SavonarolaDo you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty. 
John Godfrey SaxeLaws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made. 
Jean-Baptiste SayAlas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? 
French SayingLaissez-nous faire, laissez-nous passer. Le monde va de lui meme. (Let us do, leave us alone. The world runs by itself.) 
Justice Antonin Scalia[T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct. 
Justice Antonin ScaliaNowhere else in the Constitution does a 'right' attributed to 'the people' refer to anything other than an individual right. What is more, in all six other provisions of the Constitution that mention 'the people,' the term unambiguously refers to all members of the political community, not an unspecified subset... The Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms... The very text of the Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it ‘shall not be infringed.' 
Justice Antonin ScaliaIn the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American. 
Justice Antonin ScaliaThere is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all. 
Justice Antonin ScaliaAs long as judges tinker with the Constitution to ‘do what the people want,’ instead of what the document actually commands, politicians who pick and confirm new federal judges will naturally want only those who agree with them politically. 


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