Ayn Rand, “Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue." From: Atlas Shrugged

Mahatma Gandhi, "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

Gregory Palast, award-winning investigative journalism reporter for BBC Television’s Newsnight  and The Observer of London.

Bill Ellis, spring-boarding from his ongoing and highly collaborative work with Creating Learning Communities, envisions a "new America devoid of the hegemony, violence, and arrogance it has been moving toward."

John Stossel, in his archive on ABCNEWS, takes an ongoing look at  liberty and unconventional wisdom.

Bill Masters, Sheriff of San Miguel County, Telluride, Colorado, for over 20 years.

Judge James P. Gray, currently presides over the civil trial calendar for the Superior Court of Orange County. Throughout his 25-year career within the legal and judicial community, Judge Gray has donated hundreds of hours of volunteer time to existing community service-oriented activities, created and implemented
a number of innovative programs of his own, and been commended on numerous occasions for his work in the areas of both social reform and civic philanthropy, each one a success story in itself.

November Coalition, "The drug war does not reduce drug use. Choosing to wage a 'war' on drugs stimulates a violent, underground economy, an economy which would collapse if drug prohibition ended. Our country, and our world should be safer, not simply less free."

Ralph Nader first came to the public's attention in 1965 with his best-selling book Unsafe at Any Speed. With it, Nader effectively launched the modern consumer movement. And the fact is that no matter what you think about his politics and agendas, this man has increased citizen awareness of more issues than just about anyone else we know. 

"Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that governmental officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the
citizen... Crime is contagious... To declare that the government may commit crimes in order to secure the
conviction... teaches
the whole people (what is acceptable) by example..."

Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
Olmstead v. United States,  48 Sct 564 (1928), Preface, "Constitutional Law," by Kanovitz, Klotter & Kanovitz

See also:
Brandeis Papers
Brandeis Quotes