Freedom Quote by Ben Domenech Download Open image “The idea of the frontier is a stand-in for the idea of liberty.” — Ben Domenech ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Freedom Frontier Frontier Stand Idea Idea Frontier Idea Liberty Liberty
Throughout the history of America, we have been a nation driven by the idea of the frontier - a place where law was slim… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
“Being on the frontier, as I've said, required doing rather than imagining: clearing land, building shelter, obtaining food supplies. Frontiers test ideologies like nothing… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American entitlement today.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The open frontier, the hardships of homesteading from scratch, the wealth of natural resources, the whole vast challenge of a continent waiting to be… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All are woven… — Albert J. Beveridge Copy Share Image
Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Much of the media failed to anticipate the potential Trump represented as a disruptive populist force, understand why his supporters trusted him, or offer… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Engaging in a sycophantic way with any politician in the short term is tempting. It offers the lure of access and the promise of… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
When Barack Obama arrived in Washington, many in the media welcomed him with optimism as a historic figure focused on progressive change. But their… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
I think what it really means is a recognition that Donald Trump has the potential to take over the Republican Party and change it… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
Gawker thrived on embarrassment and shame, seeking to demolish not just celebrities or politicians but average random people whose sins it would expose for… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
And for those of us who have, you know, looked in sort of the established order of the political fray over the course of… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
It used to be you could just write vaguely conservative things while running a Starbucks - now, you can't. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
It is unhealthy to live in an environment where every aspect of our culture requires a great sort, where creative talents are for some… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
I will not apologize ever, for any reason, for publishing the views of people who don't make a living in politics about why they… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The first time I watched 'The Magnificent Seven' on TV on a Sunday afternoon, I knew it was going to be a different kind… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We live in the greatest country in the world because of the veterans who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom and the security… — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“No one was more surprised than I to realize that my newfound freedom had been purchased by giving up on eternity and settling for… — Carolyn Jessop Copy Share Image
“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if each action… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived,… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“I have to blame myself for not finding any way of reaching him, but I can't feel that either Ruth or I had anything… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image