The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
I love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on earth. And that goes for, not only if you're one of us about… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
In 2009, at the Vancouver Peace Summit, I met a supporter of Free the Slaves, an NGO dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery;… — Lisa Kristine Copy Share Image
“in August 1777 that "no public or private injury or insult shall prevail on me to forsake the cause of my injured… — Willard Sterne Randall Copy Share Image
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
This spirit of freedom is expanding even where it must struggle against the external obstacles of governments that misunderstand their own function.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Life on the open road is liberty... to be alone, to have few needs, to be unknown, everywhere a foreigner and at… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Despite all deliberation, sense, insight, and sober reason, I could not fail to recognize within myself the furtive and yet—ashamed as it… — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
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Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
“I think weird people have more freedom. If that makes sense. Like people expect them to be weird and different whereas if… — Anonymous Rachel Copy Share Image
Writing has to do with truth-telling. When you're writing, let's say, an essay for a magazine, you try to tell the truth… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
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Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who,… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall… — Henry Knox Copy Share Image
“When you are one of several, then you have lost your freedom; you cannot send for your traveling boots whenever you wish,… — SOREN KIERKEGAARD Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The will to power is the will to ecstasy is the will to surrender is the will to submit and, in extremis,… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
You learn as you grow up, if you're intelligent - or even three-quarter witted - that there's no free lunch. You pay… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
“Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? Freedom, or power over an entire nation? A little… — Rumi Copy Share Image
When your response to everything that is wrong with the world is to say, 'there ought to be a law,' you are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You… — Jeremy Jones Copy Share Image
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
“it. To be out from under the controlling influence of sin is to be free. True liberation is found apart from sin;… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Gay liberation did not create gay promiscuity. There was sex before there were marches, politics, or books – it was the best… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
Independence sounds good in theory, but in practice, it is mutually exclusive with accountability. The more independence you give a prosecutor, the… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
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Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“There are Tantrics who deliberately break taboos and social norms and then there are other Tantrics who, by means of their practices… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Freedom to tell any story I want, with all the imaginary tools of my trade, is why I love writing novels. I… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
The pope [Francis] takes his vocabulary from his pastoral experience, not from the rhetorical tool kit of liberation theology, with its Marxist… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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