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"The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature"
Algernon Sydney, Politician
"God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it"
Algernon Sydney, Politician
"A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... Those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast"
Algernon Sydney, Politician
"Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health, no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society"
Henry St. John, Politician
"You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals"
Rick Mercer, Comedian
"We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized, but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage, possibly beyond the point of long-term recovery"
Anthony Holden, Journalist
"Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where he did actually shut up in the end"
Anthony Holden, Journalist
"Well, my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country, just back on the path towards democracy, it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years"
John Negroponte, Diplomat
"While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice"
Theodore Bikel, Actor
"Whenever possible, I operate outside the system"
Andres Serrano, Photographer
"One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection"
Nassau William Senior, Economist
"And in Canada, we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy"
Rick Mercer, Comedian
"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws"
Henry Knox, Soldier
"Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace"
Henry Knox, Soldier
"Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty"
Henry Knox, Soldier
"Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events"
Henry Knox, Soldier
"I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street"
Anthony Holden, Journalist
"I have never voted in my life"
Andres Serrano, Photographer
"I owned the world that hour as I rode over it. Free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them"
Charles Lindbergh, Aviator
"Everybody needs to have the time, at least some time set aside to do things they feel motivated to do. That's true liberty"
José Mujica, President
"Culture is the true act of resistance that we count on as it brings together opposites in a rich context"
Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Politician
"We don't have to choose between safety and freedom, we deserve both"
Ilhan Omar, Congressman
"It was Rousseau who was largely responsible for the problem by giving currency to the idea that freedom can exist without responsibility and discipline"
Colin Wilson, Writer
"Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for"
Charles Kennedy, Politician
"The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression?"
Calvin Trillin, Journalist
"I do not feel an exile from America in any sense"
John C. Hawkes, Novelist
"I can't tell people what flag to fly"
Lesley Stahl, Journalist
"I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did"
Little Richard, Musician
"The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e., imperialism"
Daniel Ortega, Statesman
"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people"
Phil Gramm, Politician
"Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give"
David O. McKay, Clergyman
"We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world"
Trent Lott, Politician
"Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity"
Ron Silver, Actor
"We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either"
Robert Menendez, Politician
"Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States"
Karen Armstrong, Writer
"The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them"
Jon Voight, Actor
"The main thing I believe in is freedom"
Charles Evers, Activist
"I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for"
Charles Evers, Activist
"In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state"
Silvan Shalom, Politician
"We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue"
Sarah Brady, Activist
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