Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe"

Bob Taft, Politician

"I am telling you, as a president of the country, I do not find it a mistake to listen to you and to respond to your requests and demands. But it is shameful and I will not, nor will ever accept to hear foreign dictations, whatever the source might be or whatever the context it came in"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere"

Harold H. Greene, Judge

"I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me"

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Novelist

"Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared"

John Mellencamp, Musician

"Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger"

Frank Murphy, Politician

"I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions"

Frank Murphy, Politician

"A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself"

Francis Picabia, Artist

"Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument"

Ernest Mandel, Author

"Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression"

Eric Cantor, Politician

"I have this to say to the people: Go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"The results of the two referenda demonstrate the majority view of the Taiwanese people"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush"

David Cross, Comedian

"The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free"

Anna Akhmatova, Poet

"It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism"

Ahmed Chalabi, Statesman

"A free public broadcast license is a privilege"

Bart Gordon, Politician

"To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think freely about political philosophy?"

Auguste Comte, Sociologist

"The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic"

Amos Oz, Writer

"Bureaucracies are inherently antidemocratic. Bureaucrats derive their power from their position in the structure, not from their relations with the people they are supposed to serve. The people are not masters of the bureaucracy, but its clients"

Alan Keyes, Politician

"For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime"

Aleksandr Lebed, Politician

"Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people, by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people"

Kenneth Anger, Author

"Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him"

Robert McNamara, Public Servant

"The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never"

Victor Davis Hanson, Historian

"We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics"

Donald Kagan, Historian

"It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect people who are going to stand up to the Washington elite and stand up to a White House and Congress hell-bent on ramming socialism down our throat"

Christine O'Donnell, Politician

"The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples"

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Statesman

"I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny"

Zell Miller, Politician

"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights"

Smedley Butler, Soldier

"We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation"

Jon Voight, Actor

"It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America"

Jon Voight, Actor

"Peoples will be as before: the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds"

Henri La Fontaine, Lawyer

"The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people"

Chaka Fattah, Politician

"Will they attack us? Yes. Will they smear our backgrounds and distort our records? Undoubtedly. Will they lie about us, harass our families, namecall to try to intimidate us? They will. There's nothing safe about it. But is it worth it? Well, let me ask you. Is freedom worth it? Is America worth it?"

Christine O'Donnell, Politician

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