Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess.
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
