“It is our contention, to be explored later in more detail, that political defiance, or nonviolent struggle, is the most powerful means… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
“For in this Case, we are not to give Credit to the Many, who say, that none ought to be educated but… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
god grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law… — Charles W. Nibley Copy Share Image
We live in a nation where governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake...… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“The goodness of things in the cosmos is not rooted most basically in human freedom or intelligence, and thus in human spirit,… — David L. Schindler Copy Share Image
“There is no greater threat to liberty, peace and progress than theocracy. Right now the Muslims just happen to be leading the… — Noah Lugeons Copy Share Image
Having total freedom to direct my own movies is more difficult than those I was hired for, where the framework has been… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have… — August Bebel Copy Share Image
True technique will know how to maintain the illusion of liberty, choice, and individuality; but these will have been carefully calculated so… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The struggle of our people for freedom has progressed to the form where all of us must take a stand either for… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
There's a principle here and I'm hoping the court will uphold this principle so that we can finally go back and have… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living… — Sandra Fluke Copy Share Image
There is no freedom that I would grant to any man that I would refuse to woman, and there is no freedom… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“but I should have known from her original announcement of independence to believe in the sincerity of her distaste for involvement, instead… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio Ramón Ribeyro used… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
“We only suffer when we falsely identify with the objects that arise in our awareness, rather than with the awareness itself—when we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, I have always supported the human being in his humanism and I have supported the oppressed. I think it… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
“Sometimes belief is the reason for liberation; other times, our own conviction prevents our escape. It depends on whether or not you… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
An intolerant sect has no right to complain when it is denied an equal liberty... A person's right to complain is limited… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place of our greatest longings… — Cherrie Moraga Copy Share Image
“Black seamen - or "Black Jacks" as African sailors were known - enjoyed a refreshing world of liberty and equality. Even if… — Tony Williams Copy Share Image
Public attitudes follow real life experience, and as marriage equality has spread to more communities, Americans have seen more freedom, stronger families,… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
For me, growing up as an activist under an oppressive dictatorship in Uganda, the U.N. was a friend to those of us… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the… — Allen West Copy Share Image
In the United States, the Constitution is a health chart left by the Founding Fathers which shows whether or not the body… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
I hope every person who reads or hears this will take the time to go back and read the Declaration of Independence.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“I am setting you free, Anastasia. Free to return home and take your mother the flower she needs. Free to live your… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws,” Bastiat reasoned. “On the contrary, it was the fact that… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
“All political ideals, that of making the people happy is perhaps the most dangerous one. It leads invariably to the attempt to… — Karl R. Popper Copy Share Image
