Quotes by Freedom Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. Charles de Gaulle trust freedom witty History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. Charles de Gaulle break-through freedom men In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. Charles de Gaulle political-will freedom order I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies. Charles Dickens deny butterfly freedom I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Charles Dickens butterfly liberty freedom The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent. Charles Eliot Norton freedom courage fall When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. Charles Evans Hughes carpe-diem diversity freedom The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. Charles Evans Hughes defense liberty freedom No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined by purpose and larger than the practicable world. Charles Horton Cooley freedom soul men Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. Charles Horton Cooley increase freedom causes Since freedom is not a fixed thing that can be grasped and held once for all, but a growth, any particular society, such as our own, always appears partly free and partly unfree. In so far as it favors, in every child, the development of his highest possibilities, it is free, but where it falls short of this it is not. Charles Horton Cooley freedom children fall There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. Charles Kingsley freedom men two Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government. Charles Sumner freedom government civilization Paint with freedom. It gives you more mastery of the nature of paint. Charles Webster Hawthorne mastery freedom giving 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 equality women freedom We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital-instruments of domination-arms and all kinds of articles, thus submerging us in an absolute dependence. Che Guevara freedom responsibility struggle There are no borders in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, because a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory, just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us. Che Guevara freedom struggle country Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken. Chester A. Arthur patriotic freedom men The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin to realize that we don't have basic, substantial, solid, fundamental ground that we can exert anymore. We begin to realize that our ideas of security and our concept of freedom have been purely phantom experiences. Chogyam Trungpa freedom teaching ideas Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment. Chogyam Trungpa ego freedom disappointment «1314151617181920212223»