Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"The media in America has become so cowed and compromised"

John Sayles, Director

"We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood"

King Abdullah II, Statesman

"It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place, and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies"

Hugh MacDiarmid, Poet

"There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the Communist Party governments of Eastern Europe"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"The more I support, with my economic plans, the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do"

King Abdullah II, Statesman

"On one occasion in 1987, the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published"

Jonathan Shapiro, Cartoonist

"While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"I knew that if it ever got down to a choice between the Party and our traditional democratic structure, I would fight the Party and our traditional democratic structure; I would fight the Party to the bitter end"

Edward Dmytryk, Director

"But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government"

John Boehner, Politician

"But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?"

George Steinbrenner, Businessman

"One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny, it will not leave us alone in peace"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again"

Edith Hamilton, Writer

"People have the right to say what they want to"

John Mellencamp, Musician

"I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting"

Donna Mills, Actress

"The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti"

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Statesman

"It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own"

Albert J. Nock, Philosopher

"I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it won't go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense"

Jim Bolger, Statesman

"At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power"

Douglas Sirk, Director

"Day after day, we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day, we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind"

Jan Peter Balkenende, Statesman

"And I'm very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election"

Kenneth Blackwell, Politician

"They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny"

John Boehner, Politician

"Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people"

John Boehner, Politician

"Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment, and the musket fires of an historic revolution"

John Boehner, Politician

"And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility"

John Boehner, Politician

"It is not the Government, the members of Parliament, to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward, sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism"

John Amery, Politician

"I do like things that are not necessarily a reflection of what is considered the right thing by this culture. Somehow, promoting that status quo, I find uninteresting"

Crispin Glover, Actor

"The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century"

Dennis Prager, Journalist

"They can say I have an opinion about something"

Dan Abrams, Journalist

"The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny"

John Ensign, Politician

"In our pledge every day, we pledge one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all"

Patrick J. Kennedy, Politician

"I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility"

Patrick J. Kennedy, Politician

"Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals"

Joe Slovo, Politician

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