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December 2006

Sallust
Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.
Or translated into English.
Few men desire liberty. Most men only wish for a just master.
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86 BC - 34 BC) was a famous Roman historian and belonged to a well-known plebeian family.

More information on Sallust on www.wikipedia.org.

November 2006

Edward Abbey
If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
Edward Paul Abbey (1927 - 1989) was a liberal essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies.

More information on Edward Abbey on www.wikipedia.org.

October 2006

Jesse James
God did not make men equal. Sam Colt did.
Jesse Woodson James (1847 – 1882) was an American outlaw and the most famous member of the James-Younger gang. He became a figure of folklore after his death, labeled as a gunfighter.

More information on Jesse James on www.wikipedia.org.

September 2006

Joseph Addison
Let freedom never perish in your hands.
Joseph Addison (1672 – 1719) was an English politician and writer, who was also known for having founded The Spectator magazine.

More information on Joseph Addison on www.wikipedia.org.

August 2006

Ronald Reagan
Don't steal, the government hates competition.
Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004) was President of the United States and Governor of California. He introduced fiscally-expansive economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics", and ended the Cold War.

More information on Ronald Reagan on www.wikipedia.org.

July 2006

John Stark
Live free or die.
John Stark (1728 – 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.

More information on John Stark on www.wikipedia.org.

June 2006

Vegetius
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Or translated into English.
Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (? - ?) was a writer of the Later Roman Empire. Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what he tells us in his two surviving works: Epitoma Rei Militaris (war) and Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae (medicine).

More information on Vegetius on www.wikipedia.org.

May 2006

Voltaire
Je hais vos idées mais je me ferai tuer pour que vous ayez le droit de les exprimer.
Or translated into English.
I despise your ideas, but I will defend to the death your right to express them.
François-Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694 – 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties.

More information on Voltaire on www.wikipedia.org.

April 2006

Vincent De Roeck
Het is nooit te laat om op het verkeerde pad rechtsomkeer te maken.
Or translated into English.
On the wrong path, it is never too late to make a turn.
Vincent Jean De Roeck (1985 - ) is a Belgian politician, a renowned Flemish blogger and an upcoming young libertarian thinker. He is president of Nova Libertas and the Euramerican Friendship League. He will also be candidate for the VLD in the october 2006 Antwerp municipal elections.

More information on Vincent De Roeck on www.vincentderoeck.be.

March 2006

Wendell Phillips
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884) was an American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator.

More information on Wendell Phillips on www.wikipedia.org.

February 2006

Thomas Jefferson
A democracy is mob rule where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was President of the United States, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States.

More information on Thomas Jefferson on www.wikipedia.org.

January 2006

Goethe
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) was a German polymath. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, Humanism, science, and painting. Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and his influence spread across Europe.

More information on Goethe on www.wikipedia.org.