Friday, October 29, 2004
October 29, 2004
“Dark tree, still sad when others’ grief is fled,
The only constant mourner o’er the dead!”
- Lord Byron (1788 – 1824), English poet satirist and traveller: “The Giaour”, 1813.
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- John Milton (1608 – 1674), English poet, libertarian and pamphleteer: “Areopagitica”, 1644.
“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924), American Democratic President: speech, 1912.
“The United States is the glory, jest and terror of mankind.”
- James M Minife (1900 – 1974), Canadian broadcaster: in “The New Romans”, Purdy (ed.), 1988.
“Dark tree, still sad when others’ grief is fled,
The only constant mourner o’er the dead!”
- Lord Byron (1788 – 1824), English poet satirist and traveller: “The Giaour”, 1813.
“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
- John Milton (1608 – 1674), English poet, libertarian and pamphleteer: “Areopagitica”, 1644.
“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”
- Woodrow Wilson (1856 – 1924), American Democratic President: speech, 1912.
“The United States is the glory, jest and terror of mankind.”
- James M Minife (1900 – 1974), Canadian broadcaster: in “The New Romans”, Purdy (ed.), 1988.
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