"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave"
- Elmer Davis
About this Quote
This quote by Elmer Davis talks to the importance of bravery in keeping flexibility. It implies that freedom is not something that is guaranteed, however something that needs to be proactively safeguarded. It recommends that the residents of a country need to be endure in order to shield their freedom. This might suggest standing up for what is right, speaking out versus injustice, or taking action to secure the rights of others. It also indicates that freedom is something that has to be proactively preserved, and that it is not something that can be considered approved. This quote acts as a suggestion that flexibility is something that has to be fought for and also defended, which it is the endure who will make sure that it is preserved.
This quote is written / told by Elmer Davis between January 13, 1890 and May 18, 1958. He was a famous Journalist from USA.
The author also have 6 other quotes.
"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind"
"We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want to reduce the number of people depending on government so there is more autonomy and more free citizens"
"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it"
"Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices"
"The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"