"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." -- Gustav Mahler
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." -- Ayn Rand
"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
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -- Thomas Jefferon
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson