Freedom Quotes - Page 24

• You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Leadership, Courage, Character

  "Ten Cannots". Book by William J.H. Boetcker, 1916.

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• It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Order, Practice, People

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.246

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• Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind.

  Henry Grady Weaver

  People, Liberty, Principles

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• When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.

  Hannah Arendt

  Country, Blessing, Should Have

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• Please use your freedom to promote ours.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Use, Human Rights, Please

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• We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries.

  Angela Merkel

  Country, People, Insulting

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• Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Life, Humor

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• Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Truth, Knowledge, Sheep

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• When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Doe, He Man

  Benjamin Franklin (2017). “The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin: Letters and Papers on Electricity, Philosophical Subjects, General Politics, Moral Subjects & the Economy, American Subjects Before & During the Revolution”, p.812, Madison & Adams

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• Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

  Aristotle

  Equality, Men, Thinking

  "Politics" by Aristotle, Book V, (1301a.29-31),

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  In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

  Mark Twain

  Change, Thank You, Memorial Day

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.351, Courier Corporation

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• I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Women, Equality, Thinking

  Charlotte Bronte (2004). “Jane Eyre”, p.66, Variocity

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• We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

  H. L. Mencken

  Beautiful, Respect, Religious

  Minority Report: H. L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)

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• Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles; and above all, show yourselves men of God, worthy citizens.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Wise, Country, Men

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• It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

  Franz Kafka

  Literature, Chains

  Franz Kafka (1983). “The Penguin complete novels of Franz Kafka”

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• I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

  Malcolm X

  Religious, Believe, Fighting

  Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr

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• Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Government, People

  Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel"

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• You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Being Free, Trying

  Joel Osteen‏ @JoelOsteen, twitter.com. April 1, 2013.

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• In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

  Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.55, North Atlantic Books

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• All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Truth, Writing, Moveable Feast

  Ernest Hemingway (1992). “Complete Poems”, p.22, U of Nebraska Press

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• The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson...

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Real, World Government, America

  "F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945" edited by Elliott Roosevelt, New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (p. 373), 1950.

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• Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Law, Liberty, Libertarian

  Thomas Hobbes (2008). “Leviathan”, p.256, Simon and Schuster

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• I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

  Anna Freud

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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