Action Quote by Stephen A. Douglas

When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural…

— Thomas Jefferson

“We preach FREEDOM, not silenced slavery. Stop being a hypocritical element. Do to others what you can accept yourself.”

— Olawale Daniel

I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right, and ought…

— Abraham Lincoln

All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.

— H. L. Mencken

“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have…

— Abraham Lincoln

I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point…

— John Howard

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

— Vladimir Nabokov

And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience;…

— Samuel Adams

I shall oppose all slavery extension and all increase of slave representation in all places, at all times, under all circumstances, even against all…

— Daniel Webster

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free

— Aung San Suu Kyi

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said…

— Abraham Lincoln

“if our rights are not unalienable, if they don’t come from a source higher than ourselves, then they’re malleable at the will of the…

— Mark R. Levin