All Gerry Spence Quotes
- Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of the people but, at last… Belonged
- To freely bloom - that is my definition of success. Bloom
- When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is… Accept
- How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets? Buy
- Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles. Begs
- The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the… Change
- When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded in… Advancement
- The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The 'godly man' often zealously follows… Addressing
- Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own life… Any
- The worst enslaving trait of all is greed. I rail against the substitution of money for worth. The idea that the endless accumulation of dead… Accumulation
- I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all… Adventure
- My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others. Blasphemy
- We are defined by how we use our power. Defined
- The stain of prejudice is often indelible. Indelible
- When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of the… Argue
- Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape. Enter
- The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they… Antidote
- The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny. Always Preceded
- I could teach an eighth-grader in twenty minutes how to brief a case. Yet for all three years in most law schools the casebook method… All
- The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King… Citizens
- Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea… Accomplished
- Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under… Accustomed
- A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of… All
- Today the insatiable quest for profit promotes the new slavery. In bewildering ways, the new is more pernicious than the old, for the New American… American
- What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies. Business