Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
“Pope John XXIII's motto might be heard here: "In essentials unity, in nonessentials liberty, and in all things, charity." That is second-half-of-life,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“I am sorry for your girl, Ned. Truly. About the wolf, I mean. My son was lying, I’d stake my soul on… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“It's dangerous to tell the truth, truth without power is always dangerous. And we should fight! Freedom's not an idea, it's a… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed he Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
In our Constitution, it is said that we have freedom of speech and freedom of expression. In my mind, unless that freedom… — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, his very superiority kept him from being a success in college--the independence was mistaken for egotism, and the refusal to accept… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Tree of Liberty: A tree set up by the people, hung with flags and devices, and crowned with a cap of liberty.… — E. Cobham Brewer Copy Share Image
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“The AK-47 was christened with blood not as a tool for liberation or to defend the Soviet Union from invaders. It made… — C.J. Chivers Copy Share Image
In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W.… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Copy Share Image
Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful; without free speech progress… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive why people will always mix up my own character and opinions with those of the imaginary beings which, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings… — Donald Tusk Copy Share Image
It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You want us to be like good Germans, supporting the evils of our decade and then when we refused to be good… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
“So it fell to Lil to make sure that there were no bugs in the meager attractions of Liberty Square: the Hall… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Freedom has only the meaning with which men endow it. It is not enough to pay lip service to the concept of… — Kenneth Keating Copy Share Image
Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
Understand this if nothing else: spiritual freedom and oneness with the Tao are not randomly bestowed gifts, but the rewards of conscious… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
“Some "free" people are more imprisoned than those that are locked away. Trapped in narrow mindsets, they carry their mental prison with… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless,… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document… — Otto Schily Copy Share Image
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared. To preserve… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the… — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
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