Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born"

Aneurin Bevan, Politician

"Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible"

Whittaker Chambers, Writer

"At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it"

Whittaker Chambers, Writer

"Authority pisses me off. I think everyone should be able to drink and get loud whenever they want"

James Hetfield, Musician

"That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together"

Jeff Miller, Politician

"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books"

Jeff Miller, Politician

"The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy"

Ted Turner, Businessman

"I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible"

Jeff Miller, Politician

"The citizen's job is to be rude - to pierce the comfort of professional intercourse by boorish expressions of doubt"

John Ralston Saul, Author

"Freedom is the recognition of necessity"

Friedrich Engels, Philosopher

"Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire"

Ludwig von Mises, Economist

"I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba"

Fidel Castro, Statesman

"America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning"

Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President

"The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws"

Ernest Holmes, Theologian

"The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States"

John Ashcroft, Public Servant

"I'm not alone; I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit; I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody"

Lena Horne, Actress

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it"

John Quincy Adams, President

"There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders"

Alan K. Simpson, Politician

"Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish"

Thurgood Marshall, Judge

"The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means"

Robert Kennedy, Politician

"But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything"

Link Wray, Musician

"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country"

Lyn Nofziger

"I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics"

Bjork, Musician

"I'm a real rebel with a cause"

Nina Simone, Musician

"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important"

Nina Simone, Musician

"I think the Democratic Party has picked a lot of the wrong candidates, the kind that Middle America, or people who are more down the middle and more rational, can't side with. I think that's been the problem"

Glenn Danzig, Musician

"Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult"

Richard Stallman, Scientist

"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves"

David Garrick, Actor

"More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to"

Mike Pence, Politician

"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process"

Sarah Palin, Politician

"Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association are important principles that are essential for the functioning of a democratic society"

Abdullah Gul, President

"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend"

Byron White, Judge

"I'm no one's lap dog, you can't put me on a leash"

Johnny Rotten, Musician

"It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"

Dolores Ibarruri, Politician

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good"

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Politician

"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation"

Jack Schwartz, Scientist

"Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it"

Joseph A. Schumpeter, Economist

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