Thursday, June 30, 2011

George Orwell (1903 - 1950)


Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. George Orwell

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

That Tiresome Old Drunk

Louis Brandeis (1856 - 1941)


The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis

Monday, June 27, 2011

Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980)


The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist.
Erich Fromm

Sunday, June 26, 2011

C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)


Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C.S. Lewis

Saturday, June 25, 2011

J. K. Rowling


It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies; but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. J.K. Rowling (Albus Dumbledore)