Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves"

Thomas Moore, Poet

"The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'"

Al Gore, Vice President

"I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it"

James Lovelock, Scientist

"China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows, if it caps aspirations, there will be a revolution"

James Lovelock, Scientist

"It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration"

James Bovard, Author

"I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice"

Vladimir Putin, President

"The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self"

Max Stirner, Philosopher

"The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech"

Bell Hooks, Critic

"Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends"

James Bovard, Author

"There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a handgun than a packet of cigarettes"

Katherine Whitehorn, Journalist

"The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility"

Georges Bataille, Writer

"The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history"

Vladimir Putin, President

"Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether"

Luis Bunuel, Director

"There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore, and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency"

James Bovard, Author

"The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power"

James Bovard, Author

"Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission"

James Bovard, Author

"It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the Constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights"

James Bovard, Author

"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had"

James Bovard, Author

"There are a lot of benefits representative of government, and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system, and it is far better than a one-man rule situation"

James Bovard, Author

"Heresy is another word for freedom of thought"

Graham Greene, Playwright

"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S., President?"

James Bovard, Author

"The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final"

Vladimir Putin, President

"Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time"

James Bovard, Author

"It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend, and therefore, so we don't need protections against it"

James Bovard, Author

"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government"

James Bovard, Author

"Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface"

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist

"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers"

Georg Buchner, Dramatist

"The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections, and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government, as without exception, the people's voice"

Charles W. Pickering, Judge

"There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream"

Archibald MacLeish, Poet

"The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself"

Archibald MacLeish, Poet

"Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man"

Archibald MacLeish, Poet

"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage"

Bruce Barton, Author

"We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves"

Archibald MacLeish, Poet

"There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream"

Archibald MacLeish, Poet

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