“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error” - John Stuart Mill
“He who can lead you to believe an absurdity, can lead you to commit an atrocity.” - Voltaire
“Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.” - Children of Dune, Frank Herbert
“Fear is the mind killer” - Frank Herbert
“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” - Benjamin Franklin
“Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained” - God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert
“Enemies often appear as angels” - Children of Dune, Frank Herbert
“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?” - Heretics of Dune, Frank Herbert
Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us - Bill Joy. Note that this is a long, but excellent article on why Humans may be an endangered or dead race in the next 50 years.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject” - Winston Churchill
“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it” - Winston Churchill
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
“It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.” - The Stolen Journals, God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert