Famous Historical Saying

Famous Historical Saying

These famous quotes on Freedom have inspired millions to improve conditions on our planet. If you have one which you are particularly fond of, feel free to submit it to for consideration by our editors Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
William Pitt (1759-1806)

It is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Hugh P. Taylor, October 4, 1823

"A true friend stabs you in the front."
Oscar Wilde

"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet essayist.

"Keep your friendships in repair."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (as above)

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sir William Hamilton 1788 - 1856
"Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines." "On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind."

1835 - De la Democratie en Amerique
"Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase."

1835 - De la Democratie en Amerique
"What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself."

May 8, 1835
"The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction."

July 2, 1835
"It is from the midst of this putrid sewer that the greatest river of human industry springs up and carries fertility to the whole world. From this foul drain pure gold flows forth."

Karl Marx 1818 - 1883
1843 - 1844 - Philosophy of Right "Religion ... is the opium of the people."

1845 - Theses on Feuerbach
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it."

Life ends when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when you stop caring, friendship ends when you stop sharing... so share this with whom ever you consider a friend.
Unknown



Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Plautus

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason.
Latin Proverb