"Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong."
Richard Armour

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918

"The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority."
Lord Acton

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