Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it"

Mark Roberts, Actor

"But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples"

Karl Liebknecht, Politician

"I'm as radical as libertarians come"

L. Neil Smith, Writer

"As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be"

L. Neil Smith, Writer

"I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying"

Eddie Vedder, Musician

"I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom"

Sandra Cisneros, Author

"International socialism recognizes the right of free, independent nations, with equal rights"

Karl Liebknecht, Politician

"I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner"

James F. Cooper, Novelist

"The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off"

William Henry Harrison, President

"We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships"

Tom Tancredo, Politician

"The US Constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way"

Rosa Parks, Activist

"Now we understand much more clearly. Why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers"

Paul Prudhomme, Celebrity

"I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith"

Nick Rahall, Politician

"We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed"

Helen Thomas, Journalist

"Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day"

L. Neil Smith, Writer

"A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft"

L. Neil Smith, Writer

"Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He's at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he's under suspension. This is not America"

Curt Weldon, Politician

"I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want"

Julius Rosenberg, Criminal

"Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy"

Karl Liebknecht, Politician

"When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated"

Jon Fishman, Musician

"Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes, not to blunder anew"

Ibrahim Babangida, Statesman

"We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for"

Tom Tancredo, Politician

"I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!"

Mother Jones, Activist

"The question is: How bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"If we really want liberty - if we really want liberty - then we need to go out and get it, we need to take it, because nobody is going to give it to us. And we need to do it now"

Michael Badnarik, Politician

"Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience"

Salvatore Quasimodo, Author

"A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, - make no mistake about it, - endure"

Nick Rahall, Politician

"The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results"

Omar Bongo, Statesman

"I'm a free spirit; more people should become free spirits"

Mark Roberts, Actor

"I always thought, because America is supposed to be the land of the free, nudity would be part of the norm over there, but it isn't. It's surprising"

Mark Roberts, Actor

"They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"You know, I'm a Republican, I'm a Conservative, I voted for George Bush"

Tom Tancredo, Politician

"After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor"

George William Russell, Writer

"I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free!"

William Wallace, Revolutionary

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