Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history, and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"I think my exact comment was that if Bush won, it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going to leave the United States"

Alec Baldwin, Actor

"Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"Without amendments, we would never even have had the Bill of Rights"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest!"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"Taiwan is an independent sovereign country"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"The Clinton administration hated us, and it was a terrible struggle with them. I think that they felt if they didn't play, they could strangle us in our crib"

Brit Hume, Journalist

"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views"

David Cross, Comedian

"It has been well over half a century, and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy, and this is a road of no return"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be Even worse"

Anne Perry, Novelist

"You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business"

Eartha Kitt, Actress

"As I understand, I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh"

Aleksandr Lebed, Politician

"The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for them to reject all forced contributions from others, and to do their own work through their own voluntary combinations"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag, and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

"I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide, free of political influence"

Adam Rickitt, Actor

"The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... The colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers"

Dennis Prager, Journalist

"The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday"

Bill Shuster, Politician

"No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"For more than 150 years free men in our countries have had the opportunities to educate themselves, choose their own religions, select their own occupations, accumulate capital and invent better ways of doing things"

Charles E. Wilson, Businessman

"The President and the Democrats on Congress have exploited the financial crisis to advance their socialist big government tax, spend and borrow agenda"

Bradley A. Blakeman, Businessman

"As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed"

Alan Keyes, Politician

"When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom"

Alan Keyes, Politician

"If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"I believe in the greatness of our democracy"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"Since an early age, I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could"

Adam Rickitt, Actor

"President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage"

Bill Shuster, Politician

"You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people"

Alex Chiu, Businessman

"President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how"

Barbara Boxer, Politician

"There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered"

Auberon Herbert, Philosopher

"The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating"

Andrew Goodman, Activist

"The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way"

Bob Schaffer, Politician

"The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible"

Ahmed Chalabi, Statesman

"I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that"

Alberto Gonzales, Public Servant

"Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity"

Adrian Cronauer, Entertainer

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