Quotes and Conundrums
"The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people."
Peter McWilliams
"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson
"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States."
Noah Webster
"In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
Martin Luther King Jr
"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.
Eric Hoffer
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