Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national"

Malcolm Wallop, Politician

"Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well, then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia"

Julie Bishop, Politician

"I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years"

Laurent Fabius, Statesman

"I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates the return of the prodigal son but also creates new sources of friction here and there"

Hjalmar Branting, Statesman

"I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution"

Don Young, Politician

"I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line"

Jung Chang, Writer

"Although my book is banned, I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society"

Jung Chang, Writer

"The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age"

John Jay Chapman, Poet

"Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government"

Joe Baca, Politician

"If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions, I think we'd have a better society"

Jeb Bush, Politician

"I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism"

Jeb Bush, Politician

"The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy"

Laurell K. Hamilton, Writer

"It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me into trouble on the odd occasion, but I am not going to stop saying what I think"

Pauline Hanson, Politician

"I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do"

Tom Selleck, Actor

"Unfortunately, a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote"

Kenny Marchant, Politician

"First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined"

Milos Forman, Director

"We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which actually makes it impossible for the United States to form its own decisions about its conduct and policies in Europe and Asia"

John T. Flynn, Critic

"This most dangerous enemy is the American counterpart of the British Fabian Socialist, who denies that he is a Socialist and operates behind a mask which he calls National Planning"

John T. Flynn, Critic

"Fascism is not the result of dictatorship"

John T. Flynn, Critic

"But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper"

John T. Flynn, Critic

"Freedom is such a gift"

Ryan Gosling, Actor

"There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world"

Hanoi Hannah, Celebrity

"We all learned in kindergarten that the beginning is a very good place to start. As we have this debate on illegal immigration and illegal entry into this country, let's begin at the very beginning by sealing the borders to this great nation"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people"

Ed Harris, Actor

"Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty"

Denis Kearney, Politician

"Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy"

William Greider, Author

"Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God"

John Tyler, President

"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them"

William Gilmore Simms, Novelist

"I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional"

Fareed Zakaria, Journalist

"Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us"

Kary Mullis, Scientist

"Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate"

John Dingell, Politician

"The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland"

James Larkin, Activist

"No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic"

James Larkin, Activist

"Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"So moderate is insisting that North Korea should open door to outside"

Kim Dae Jung, Leader

"A healthy state encourages many voices - and lots of listening"

Kathleen Sebelius, Politician

"The statists want to control the economy"

Grover Norquist, Politician

"We are men, and propose to live like men in this free land, without the contamination of slave labor, or die like men, if need be, in asserting the rights of our race, our country, and our families"

Denis Kearney, Politician

"Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me"

Dorothy Allison, Writer

"We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government"

Tim Scott, Politician

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