We set up a certain aim, and put ourselves of our own will into the power of a certain current. Once having… — Anna Brackett Copy Share Image
“In my opinion the main evil of the present democratic institutions of the United States does not arise, as is often asserted… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“It may therefore be asserted as a general proposition that nothing is more opposed to the well-being and the freedom of man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The trouble with Africa is that once it is in your blood, like malaria, it is almost impossible to get rid of,… — Vic Guhrs The Trouble with Africa Copy Share Image
It is not one man nor a million, but the spirit of liberty that must be preserved. The waves which dash upon… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Few policies are more calculated to destroy the existing basis of a free society than the debauching of its currency. And few… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of… — Raymond Geuss Copy Share Image
For me, a trans writer, Knausgaard taught me about writing shame as liberation from it - a literary version of the kind… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Their sacrifice was great, but not in vain. All Americans and every free nation on earth can trace their liberty to the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
We call religious liberty our first freedom, for a reason of course, because it's listed first. And that's because the founders understood:… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Free societies, which allow differences to speak and be heard, and live by intermarriage, commerce, and free migration, and democratic societies, which… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“Britain’s industry was kept buoyant by the decline of Empire, for as countries gained their independence they sought arms to enhance their… — Andrew Feinstein Copy Share Image
Whoever makes an attempt on a man's life, on a man's liberty, on a man's honour inspires us with a feeling of… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Thanks to centuries of island freedom, when we were able to decide who came in and who didn't, it is far easier… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' I realized then where the problem lay. My students, and so many of our young… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
Our world is constantly in change and the great change is always toward freedom. When we speak of freedom we speak of… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“The letter of the law should bend; and this bending should be with the winds of freedom rather than toward the lifelessness… — Joshua Emmet Copy Share Image
I think what it means to be an 'American Girl,' and what I wrote the song about, is our freedoms. The idea… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
Since Moses was in Egypt land, Gods people have been struggling for justice while singing freedom songs. Theology can be clarifying. A… — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Copy Share Image
I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
One will only be free when one plays and one's society will become a piece of art". - Herbert Marcuse "Play is… — Manfred Eigen Copy Share Image
Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
In the end, granting mercy comes down to just two people. For the recipient, the pardon is freedom. For the politician, the… — Asha Rangappa Copy Share Image
“Valuing freedom above all else; entrepreneurs work harder to create future freedom, which directly takes away from their freedom in the present.” — Chandler Bolt Copy Share Image
It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot… — J. Stalin Copy Share Image
Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones… — Vera Lynn Copy Share Image
A country whose population has been trained to accept the government's word and to shun those who question it is a country… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
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To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
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