The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement, being in unceasing antagonism to that disposition to aim at… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
All life is an experiment. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Two of our most sacred and unalienable rights protected by the Constitution are the right to religious freedom and the right to… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson. . . knew what schools were for--to ensure that citizens would know when and how to protect their liberty. .… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“So, for many young men in South Africa’s townships, freedom looks like this: Every morning they wake up, maybe their parents go… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“James Madison made clear in Federalist 51 that that this elaborate structure—today often derided as “ gridlock ”—was created to protect individual… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's symbolic of how I feel, with cameras on every street corner. Being watched all the time, having my sense of freedom… — Nitin Sawhney Copy Share Image
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Morality is personal. There is no such thing as collective conscience, collective kindness, collective gentleness, collective freedom,’ she planned to argue. ‘To… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom… — Steve Sabol Copy Share Image
[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Politics needs a flexible mind, for it has no immutable or eternal rules. In politics immutable or eternal rules lead to inevitable… — Georgi Plekhanov Copy Share Image
“Artificiality is the best way to enjoy what’s natural. Whatever I’ve enjoyed in these vast fields I’ve enjoyed because I don’t live… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her]Eleanor Roosevelt], because when she returns to New York, she gets… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I believe that the federal government should respect the freedoms that Canadians enjoy to have different beliefs and that by imposing personal… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“We no longer live on what we have, but on promises, no longer in the present day, but in the darkness of… — Carl Gustav Jung Copy Share Image
“… as we submit to be dressed like dolls, we never can rise to the stations of duty and usefulness from which… — Sarah Grimké Copy Share Image
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There are people, of course, who profess to be libertarian Marxists. I believe they mean very well, and I even write in… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Been Contented goes beyond our material wants; contentment sets us free from the illusion of having more or “Better things”, or expecting… — Quetzal Copy Share Image
God's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
“Hygge relies on us finding a balance between self-containment and wholehearted participation, personal liberty and awareness of the needs of others. It… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on… — George W. Romney Copy Share Image
The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the words are threatening. We live in… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“So repeat after me: I resolve to embrace my sexuality and my freedom to do with my body parts as I see… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
As we celebrate our freedom, let us not forget to thank all those who have fought for the country to give us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of politicians,’ he said: ‘insiders and outsiders. The outsiders prioritize their freedom to speak their version of the… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought,… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
I'm free, I'm single and I'm not dating anyone. But I admit, I'm not happy all the time because of one reason...… — Rakii Retondo Copy Share Image
“In my new freedom I remember thinking: If one knows what he wants to do, others will not only not stand in… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
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