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Tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many, more rigorously, more vigorously, and more severely, than by one.
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.
Seeing into one's self-nature is seeing into nothingness. Seeing into nothingness is true seeing & eternal seeing
There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.
The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.
Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.
True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression.
We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with.
Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.
Heaven's blessing must attend all, and freedom must soon be given to the pining millions under a ruthless bondage.
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.
you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.
Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.
Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.
The clock is a conspiracy & a crime against humanity and I would not own one except I miss appointments without it.
Freedom is when one hears the bell at seven o'clock in the morning and knows it is the milkman and not the Gestapo.
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition.
Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior.
The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.
I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.
The state is not competent in artistic matters... When the state leaves us free, it will have carried out its duty.
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.