Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated or almost impossible"

Joschka Fischer, Politician

"America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans, but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation"

Nick Rahall, Politician

"My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile"

Juan Goytisolo, Poet

"There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster"

Tony Snow, Journalist

"I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers"

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Poet

"Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried"

Stuart Chase, Writer

"In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835, with the intention of writing a Declaration of Independence soon after"

Michael McCaul, Politician

"In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now"

Merle Haggard, Musician

"There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of, or putting any significant restrictions on, the kinds of guns they want"

James Q. Wilson, Politician

"But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government"

James Q. Wilson, Politician

"If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets"

Gary Hart, Politician

"I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right"

L. Neil Smith, Writer

"Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats"

Jim Wallis, Writer

"I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't"

Jim Wallis, Writer

"The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response that it isn't going to work. They're not going to change our life, they're not going to have us throw out our Constitution, and they're not going to chase us out of the Middle East"

Paul Bremer, Statesman

"The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them"

Krist Novoselic, Musician

"If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans want our form of government, it is our business"

Julius Rosenberg, Criminal

"I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind of government they want"

Julius Rosenberg, Criminal

"For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country"

Spencer Bachus, Politician

"The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy"

Karl Liebknecht, Politician

"In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world"

Omar Bongo, Statesman

"And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy"

Jon Porter, Politician

"A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure"

Nick Rahall, Politician

"It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot"

Joseph Brodsky, Poet

"And freedom is what America means to the world"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states"

Demosthenes, Statesman

"The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them by helping to promote liberty and freedom around the world"

John Linder, Politician

"I would never jeopardize classified information to be brought out to the public. This information is all open source. There is no reason to worry about classification. It is simply an attempt by bureaucrats to cover their rear ends"

Curt Weldon, Politician

"Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"Censorship of ideas or images or words is wrong"

Richard King, Director

"A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur"

Douglas Hurd, Politician

"There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year"

Daniel Ellsberg, Celebrity

"With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power"

Ezra Stiles, Clergyman

"The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right"

Learned Hand, Judge

"I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity"

Eva Mendes, Actress

"I strongly believe that we as a nation can be both secure and free"

Jon Corzine, Politician

"The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist"

Carl Levin, Politician

"Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico"

David Wilmot, Activist

"We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign powers. To do that, we should increase domestic energy production"

Bobby Jindal, Politician

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