Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"The U.N. can meet and discuss, but we don't need their permission"

Andrew Card, Politician

"There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation"

Wynton Marsalis, Musician

"That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war"

Jupiter Hammon, Poet

"As we depend upon our masters for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we cannot be happy unless we please them"

Jupiter Hammon, Poet

"I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents"

Vincent Frank

"And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara"

Phil Ochs, Musician

"Freedom without limits is just a word"

Terry Prachett, Author

"I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized"

Jalal Talabani, Politician

"So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property removes our ability, as a people, to develop our culture democratically"

Lawrence Lessig, Educator

"I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice"

Mark Cuban, Businessman

"The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter"

Herbert Croly, Author

"It is well known that I am pro-life... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people"

Stockwell Day, Politician

"The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad"

Phil Ochs, Musician

"I let people say and write what they want"

Ruud van Nistelrooy, Athlete

"Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own, which embraces France but is not controlled by France"

Peter Mandelson, Politician

"I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties"

Mark Cuban, Businessman

"Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and unreservedly represent one or the other of them are, respectively, State Socialism and Anarchism"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"In the matter of the maintenance and rearing of children, the Anarchists would neither institute the communistic nursery which the State Socialists favor nor keep the communistic school system which now prevails"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times"

John Lothrop Motley, Historian

"The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not"

Glenn Beck, Journalist

"My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness"

Gregory Peck, Actor

"We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a Western invention"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom"

James E. Rogers, Educator

"We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression"

Dario Fo, Playwright

"The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"Aggression is simply another name for government"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them"

Lee H. Hamilton, Politician

"But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges"

Lee H. Hamilton, Politician

"Thus again the Netherlands, for the first time since the fall of Rome, were united under one crown imperial. They had already been once united, in their slavery to Rome"

John Lothrop Motley, Historian

"Every time the government grows, we lose more of who we are"

Glenn Beck, Journalist

"Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue"

Charles Simmons, Politician

"You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote"

James E. Rogers, Educator

"Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary"

Ben Nelson, Politician

"The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union"

Dan Lipinski, Politician

"We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns"

Ben Nelson, Politician

"They gave us the freedom just to play and have fun"

Anthony Anderson, Actor

"It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government"

Rick Perry, Politician

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