Freedom Quotes - Page 7

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression.

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school.