Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"Common tyrants, and public oppressors, are not intitled to obedience from their subjects, by virtue of any thing here laid down by the inspired apostle"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy"

Jim Costa, Politician

"We must have an America in which White men and women can live and work, in their homes and in the streets of our cities, without fear"

George Lincoln Rockwell, Activist

"It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty"

Josiah Strong, Clergyman

"Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on"

John Dingell, Politician

"The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations"

William Greider, Author

"In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like"

William Greider, Author

"The Church's role should be separated from the state's role"

Roy Moore, Judge

"If we are not represented, we are slaves"

James Otis, Lawyer

"I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is"

James Otis, Lawyer

"Whenever it's suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it's rubbish. That's never happened"

Morley Safer, Journalist

"The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

"I choose to worship, not believing in God, and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

"Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside"

Kim Dae Jung, Leader

"I think it's very clear that the American people are frustrated with this move toward socialism. And so whether you're back or white, if you believe that the conservative construct is in the best interest of our future, than you too would be voting with Republicans, and if you had the opportunity to run you'd join us as well"

Tim Scott, Politician

"There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in Egypt were getting worse and worse, and it was almost just a matter of time before the popular uprising started"

Anthony Weiner, Politician

"I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship"

Joe Mantegna, Actor

"Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty"

Josiah Strong, Clergyman

"There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary"

Jonathan Mayhew, Clergyman

"I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks"

Julian Assange, Activist

"I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath"

Jack Steinberger, Physicist

"If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature"

Julian Assange, Activist

"I mean, there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see"

Julian Assange, Activist

"Russia is the only place where men and women can be free"

James Larkin, Activist

"As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to release, our media partners continued to write stories. The important revelations from this material continue to come out. We have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000"

Julian Assange, Activist

"My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma"

Franz Boas, Scientist

"If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally, however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets"

Tim Scott, Politician

"And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets"

Tim Scott, Politician

"Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China"

Nick Lampson, Politician

"Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

"I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye, is not it"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).?"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

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