Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country"

John Ensign, Politician

"The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel!"

John Boehner, Politician

"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it"

John Boehner, Politician

"Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests, it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!'"

John Boehner, Politician

"No movement, finding itself in this stage of struggle, can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken, and we don't even know, in the case of the actions which have publicize, whether they are in fact our people"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world"

Elizabeth Dole, Politician

"So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in"

Jim Bolger, Statesman

"The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate"

Earl Blumenauer, Politician

"But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them"

Hugh Shelton, Soldier

"I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty"

Jeff Vandermeer, Writer

"We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions!"

Eric Cantor, Politician

"People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step"

Eric Cantor, Politician

"The desire to see Okinawa returned to Japan developed into a broad national consensus among our people"

Eisaku Sato, Politician

"I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot, it wouldn't affect our democracy, and I wasn't knocked down, and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light"

Dar Williams, Musician

"Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts, and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people"

Ed Miliband, Politician

"Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion"

Dudley Nichols, Screenwriter

"It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph"

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Novelist

"My fellow revolutionaries, liberation is a noble cause. We must fight to obtain it"

George Weah, Politician

"Well, we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty, our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security"

Douglas Feith, Public Servant

"Europe is a collection of free countries"

Douglas Feith, Public Servant

"More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators"

Dennis Prager, Journalist

"People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"Human beings crave freedom at their core"

John Ensign, Politician

"I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics"

Duncan Hunter, Politician

"The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its Supreme Court, the Central Election Commission, and the Parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'"

John Boehner, Politician

"The American people are screaming at the top of their lungs to Washington, 'Stop! Stop the spending, stop the job-killing policies.' And yet, Democrats in Washington refuse to listen to the American people"

John Boehner, Politician

"The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"It never hurt Lenny Bruce's career to get arrested for swearing. It did back in the time, but he broke those doors down by doing the stuff that he believed in"

Joe Rogan, Comedian

"When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody?"

Charles Olson, Poet

"We revolutionaries acknowledge the right to revolution when we see that the situation is no longer tolerable, that it has become a frozen. Then we have the right to overthrow it"

Ernst Toller, Playwright

"And the spirit of revolution will not die while the hearts of these workers continue to beat"

Ernst Toller, Playwright

"You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"We have had a long wait for democracy"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

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