Society, Justice & Peace: Freedom Quotes

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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion"

Henry Steele Commager, Historian

"The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree"

Edward Kennedy, Politician

"So I departed and was free from imprisonment"

Will Adams, Explorer

"Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996"

Todd Akin, Politician

"Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it"

Steve King, Politician

"They've also, the government's decided now, what sexual content is"

Richard Serra, Sculptor

"Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center"

Lalu Prasad Yadav, Politician

"I don't think the First Amendment trumps everything"

Tom Keith, Radio host

"I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it"

Voltairine de Cleyre, Activist

"If I were to say what I really think, I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone"

Roberto Bolano, Novelist

"You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words, I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that"

Frank Hague, Politician

"Altho that is so, Ireland has always denied and Ireland still denies that the Union was binding upon her either legally or morally. And here on this historic occasion we have assembled to renew our protest and to place it upon record"

John Edward Redmond, Politician

"Never, since the fall of communism, has it been so abundantly clear that an ethos exists which is loath to accept the freedoms and prosperity we hold sacred in this nation"

Jim Walsh, Politician

"A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism"

Jim DeMint, Politician

"Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels"

Shaukat Aziz, Politician

"We believe in personal choice, rather than society dictating how we must live our lives"

Mike Peters, Cartoonist

"When people say 'let's do something about it,' they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you"

Frank Chodorov, Writer

"Life provides material for its agitation, which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses"

Karl Radek, Politician

"Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform"

Marc Almond, Musician

"Today, in the era of globalization, there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation"

Fatos Nano, Statesman

"America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, Politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams"

David Brooks, Politician

"All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs"

Andrew Fletcher, Writer

"Tyranny absolves all faith; and who invades our rights, however his own commence, can never be but an usurper"

Henry Brooke, Novelist

"You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with"

Omar Epps, Actor

"The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship"

Frederick Forsyth, Author

"We decline the claim to power by parties which want to own their followers' body and soul, and which want to put themselves over and above the whole nation"

Franz von Papen, Politician

"Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want"

Jeff Probst, Entertainer

"I think it's a tremendous opportunity, particularly given the complexion of the overall voter structure in California. It's very hard for a Republican to get elected"

Mike Curb, Musician

"Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed"

Saunders Lewis, Poet

"It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, and those west of it, when I say you shall not do it!"

Richard Parks Bland, Politician

"Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again"

Ulrike Meinhof, Journalist

"It is because the people are citizens that they are with safety armed"

Joel Barlow, Poet

"A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression"

Joel Barlow, Poet

"A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press"

George Seldes, Journalist

"They're free because they don't know any better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught"

Mike Judge, Producer

"I'm an American before any party preference"

Lynn Anderson, Musician

"Conservatives have a different view of a lot of issues versus our friends on the other side. The election determines how that shakes out"

Lindsey Graham, Politician

"The quality of life decreases with heightened security"

Rebecca Miller, Director

"Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens"

Tom Ridge, Politician

"But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate"

Jim McDermott, Politician

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