A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. 

Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." 

— Benjamin Franklin

"A socialist is somebody who doesn't have anything, and is ready to divide it up equally among everybody."

 — Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Two things are infinite: 

the universe and human stupidity; 

and I'm not sure about the universe. 

—Albert Einstein

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. — George Orwell