“Art, literature, and philosophy are attempts to found the world anew on a human freedom: that of the creator; to foster such… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“The terms for the medieval debate on predestination were set by Augustine. He had tried throughout his life to reconcile two conflicting… — John Marenbon Copy Share Image
“The Reformation is one root of the idea of human freedom and autonomy as it is represented in modern democracy. However, while… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Timothy Keller notes just a few of the many ways in which Christianity contributed to the emergence of the modern economy, such… — Greg Forster Copy Share Image
Dogma, Whatever Form It Takes, Is The Ultimate Enemy Of Human Freedom. — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom. — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
History is a realm in which human freedom and natural necessity are curiously intermingled. — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Every individual should have both the right to join a union and the right to not join a union should they so… — Michael Baumgartner Copy Share Image
Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The passions of the titanic struggle will finally enter upon the sleep of oblivion, and only its splendid accomplishments for the cause… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
“You agree to pay me X dollars for this book, and I agree upon receipt of the X dollars to deliver you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Every law that curbs my basic human freedom; every lie about the things I care for; every crime committed against me by… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
“Chastity requires “an apprenticeship in self-mastery which is training in human freedom. The alternative is clear: either man governs his passions and… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“Hence Augustine defined the highest state of human freedom not as "being able not to sin" (posse non peccare) but as "being… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
“The words "God said" appear ten times in the creation account. In this way the creation narrative anticipates the Ten Commandments. This… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The great multinationals are unwilling to face the moral and economic contradictions of their own behavior - producing in low-wage dictatorships and… — William Greider Copy Share Image
“Why we ask questions: Questions are the basis of human freedom. Our mind, as a part of our self experience, is curious… — Christopher Bollas Copy Share Image
“The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has championed human freedom in many… — David F. Ford Copy Share Image
“Human freedom brings with it the burden of choice and of its consequences. As humankind is akin to claim for its own… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
"Freedom" is probably the word he said more than any other. He used the word freedom constantly. I think for some his… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“The State became the master. The national element moved from the realm of form to the realm of content; it became what… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“(...) You Sophotechs are smarter than I am; why did you let me do such a foolish thing?” “We answer every question… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
“T. S. Eliot’s words ring true: “They constantly try to escape / From the darkness outside and within / By dreaming of… — Julian Carron Copy Share Image
The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of… — William Pitt Copy Share Image
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize. Once hopeless, my life is now… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“The Bible teaches that God is completely in control of what happens in history and yet he exercises that control in such… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Is he a dread genetic determinist, or a dread environmental determinist? He is neither, of course, for both these species of bogeyman… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Augustine countered with the long view: Empires rise and fall in the natural order of things, but the church's mission stands apart… — Vincent Carroll Copy Share Image
The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
“For Hegel, freedom was not just a psychological phenomenon, but the essence of what was distinctively human. In this sense, freedom and… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Today’s milestone is human madness. Politics is a part of it, particularly in its lethal outbursts. Politics is not, as it was… — Julia Kristeva Copy Share Image
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