Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise, and their conscience that it is wrong"

Walter Bagehot, Author

"Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories"

Wendell Phillips, Activist

"You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you"

Isadora Duncan, Dancer

"I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out"

Roger Ebert, Critic

"The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment"

Roger Ebert, Critic

"We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box"

Charles Rangel, Politician

"Government cannot and must not replace private initiative"

Kim Campbell, Statesman

"To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege"

David Geffen, Businessman

"Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves"

James Thomson, Musician

"Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change"

Jerry Brown, Politician

"Democracy belongs to those who exercise it"

Bill Moyers, Journalist

"Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't"

Bill Moyers, Journalist

"Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for"

Dalton Trumbo, Novelist

"For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington"

Bill Moyers, Journalist

"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"

Dalton Trumbo, Novelist

"Nobody I represent is pretending to be the Pope or a role model for young people. People have to live their lives. They have the right to smoke if they want"

Ben Affleck, Actor

"Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people"

John Quincy Adams, President

"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Where annual elections end, where slavery begins"

John Quincy Adams, President

"College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity"

Tom Ford, Designer

"Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken"

Abigail Adams, First Lady

"In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else, will choose a free society over a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the Iron Curtain was possible"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is: first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs, and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another, and therefore no one wants to dissent"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security, and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence"

Eddie Rickenbacker, Aviator

"Praise our choices, sister, for each doorway open to us was taken by squads of fighting women who paid years of trouble and struggle, who paid their wombs, their sleep, their lives that we might walk through these gates upright. Doorways are sacred to women, for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out. Freedom is our real abundance"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"The powerful don't make revolutions"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"While Fledging is a different type of book, the Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable books because of the direction of the country. You can call it save the world fiction, but it clearly doesn't save anything"

Octavia Butler, Writer

"I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media, but they don't"

Glenn Danzig, Musician

"Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus"

Theodore Hesburgh, Clergyman

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