I have AIDS. I am surprised that I do. I have not been exposed since1977, which is to say that my experience,… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
No complaining about how hard it is to write, we are all so, so lucky to write, to sit down, inside, and… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“Suppose it becomes the acknowledged purpose of inventors and engineers, observed Aldous Huxley, to provide ordinary people with the means of 'doing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I find, however, it's a much more freeing way to live. It certainly beats walking around with the "Don't you know who… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
[White men] has the audacity to call himself even the "Leader of the Free World" while he has a country that can't… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I have given up the ambition to be a great scholar. I want to be more- simply a human. . . .… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
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Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
It is easy to be disgruntled if you are denied rights and freedoms to which you feel entitled. But if you are… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Enforcing equality to compensate for the monstrous unfairness of nature destroys liberty. But total liberty leads to various forms of "aristocracy" and… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
“We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire we stepped… — Philip Dick Copy Share Image
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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“Well then, he said. What are you doing here? I am not sure. Liberty I suppose. I lived so long under constraints.… — Sarah Perry Copy Share Image
“The political history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America shows that our Constitution emerged from the efforts of a whole people to resolve… — Noel B. Reynolds Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?--Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Gay men are guardians of the masculine impulse. To have anonymous sex in a dark alleyway is to pay homage to the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Interesting, isn't it, that even though more than two and a half decades have passed since the sexual revolution brought women a… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“But what about the apparent absurdity of the idea of dignity, freedom, and reason, sustained by extreme military discipline, including of the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
We really clicked with the label and they understood what we wanted to do as a band. They gave us a lot… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
“Angus is amusing himself by ambushing the postman. Och aye, they may have taken his trouser snake addendums, but they cannae tak… — Louise Rennison Copy Share Image
“But in America the sovereignty of the people is neither hidden nor sterile as with some other nations; mores recognize it, and… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“A just peace includes not only civil and political rights – it must encompass economic security and opportunity. For true peace is… — Fabrizio Macagno Copy Share Image
But we know that the very God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. And sometimes we're called… — Sonny Perdue Copy Share Image
When we understand and respect Beijing's insistence on some aspects, we hope Beijing can understand and respect Taiwan's insistence on democracy and… — Ko Wen-je Copy Share Image
It seems kosher and OK to treat women as objects because the business of cinema is about images and when you have… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
You are the Creator of your reality... you were granted this ability. You have free will... you are an unlimited aspect, a… — Darryl Anka Copy Share Image
“I mean, contrary to the contemporary version of it, classical liberalism (which remember was pre-capitalist, and in fact, anti-capitalist) focused on the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
I can almost see what Gabriel meant when he asked, 'What has the free world got that you can’t get here?' Almost.… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“Societies in which women have lots of autonomy and authority tend to be decidedly male-friendly, relaxed, tolerant, and plenty sexy. Got that,… — Cacilda Jethá Copy Share Image
That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I'm not going to fearmonger to win an election. I'm going to focus on the positive opportunities we have for a bright… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
“When theonomy is abandoned for autonomy, the biblical description of that action is sin. It is the creature's declaration of independence from… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The best service that can be rendered to a Country, next to that of giving it liberty, is in diffusing the mental… — James Madison Copy Share Image