Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains"

Karl Marx, Philosopher

Karl Marx

"Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements"

Nelson Mandela, Statesman

Nelson Mandela

"My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm - as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a representative democracy"

Camille Paglia, Author

Camille Paglia

"And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic Party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech"

Camille Paglia, Author

Camille Paglia

"It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation"

Camille Paglia, Author

Camille Paglia

"One does not arrest Voltaire"

Charles de Gaulle, Leader

Charles de Gaulle

"A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century"

Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher

Charles de Montesquieu

"If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that's necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom"

B. F. Skinner, Psychologist

B. F. Skinner

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

Edmund Burke

"Tyrants seldom want pretexts"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

Edmund Burke

"But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

Edmund Burke

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom"

Bob Dylan, Musician

Bob Dylan

"There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven"

Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer

Robert G. Ingersoll

"All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible, if their ideals are threatened"

Maya Angelou, Poet

Maya Angelou

"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon"

Thomas Paine, Writer

Thomas Paine

"The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy"

Thomas Paine, Writer

Thomas Paine

"In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from"

Peter Ustinov, Actor

Peter Ustinov

"How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity"

William S. Burroughs, Writer

William S. Burroughs

"A functioning police state needs no police"

William S. Burroughs, Writer

William S. Burroughs

"Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"Freedom rings where opinions clash"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

Leo Buscaglia

"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"

John Stuart Mill, Philosopher

John Stuart Mill

"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us"

Leo Tolstoy, Novelist

Leo Tolstoy

"I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

Muhammad Iqbal

"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments"

George Washington, President

George Washington

"It is harder to maintain the balance of freedom than it is to endure the weight of tyranny"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

Simon Bolivar

"Flee the country where a lone man holds all power: It is a nation of slaves"

Simon Bolivar, Leader

Simon Bolivar

"Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"Every law is an infraction of liberty"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends"

Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher

Jeremy Bentham

"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots"

Erich Fromm, Psychologist

Erich Fromm

"I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within"

Douglas MacArthur, Soldier

Douglas MacArthur

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy"

James Madison, President

James Madison

"The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness"

Niels Bohr, Physicist

Niels Bohr

"These censorship people think something is going to promote behavior in people"

Max Cannon, Artist

Max Cannon

"Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa"

Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary

Mikhail Bakunin

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