Quotes Library

December 11, 2025

The Bill of Rights was not ordained by nature or god. It’s very human, very fragile.

Barbara Jordan (1936–1996), American Democratic politician, in The New York Times Magazine, 21 Oct 1990, Jay p.199

How many of the (American) Bill of Rights do you know, other than the first and second entries—free speech and guns?

How prescient of Ms. Jordan!

February 13, 2025

1 year ago

It is a fine thing to face machine guns for immortality and a medal, but isn’t it a fine thing, too, to face calumny,

November 29, 2025

3 months ago

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

May 27, 2025

9 months ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

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