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«Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.»
«Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.»
Author: Jalal ad-Din Rumi
(Mystic, Poet)
| About:
Acceptance,
Freedom,
Tolerance
| Keywords:
field, wrongdoing, wrongdoings
«Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Civilization,
Freedom,
Mankind
| Keywords:
abridgment, abridgments, encroachment, encroachments, gradual, instances, sudden, The General, usurpation, violent
«So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have not yet approached freedom or tasted its nectar? But I do not mean by this that we ought to be shameless before all men and to do what we ought not; but all that we refrain from and all that we do, let us not do or refrain from merely because it seems to the multitude somehow honorable or base, but because it is forbidden by reason and the god within us.»
«Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty»
Author: Samuel Adams
(Politician)
| About:
Freedom
| Keywords:
asylum, asylums, Be Free, civil, civil liberties, civil liberty, contest, contested, Contests, religious liberty
«Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible»
«Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.»
Author: John Burroughs
(Essayist, Naturalist)
| About:
Freedom,
Temperament
| Keywords:
climate, extent, mood, temperament
«People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Freedom,
Speech
| Keywords:
compensation, compensations, demand, freedom of speech, freedom of thought, seldom, speech
«The courage and bravery of our young men and women fighting overseas continues to inspire all of us, and indeed inspire the free world and those yearning for freedom.»
«People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they seldom use»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Freedom
| Keywords:
demand, freedom of speech, freedom of thought, make up
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