Quotes by Freedom Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters. Abraham Lincoln democracies-have freedom fire Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln patriotic 4th-of-july freedom Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Abraham Lincoln freedom change father We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! Abraham Lincoln freedom humility heart The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln presidential democracies-have freedom Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought Abraham Lincoln ought freedom want Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Abraham Lincoln freedom faith life Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln independence freedom humanity I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free. Abraham Lincoln freedom wish men This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. Abraham Lincoln 4th-of-july freedom country I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it. Abraham Lincoln freedom should-have spring Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln freedom strong life As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Abraham Lincoln freedom humor wisdom Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln freedom lasts earth I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. Abraham Lincoln freedom strong men And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too? Abraham Lincoln freedom white men Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much. Abraham Lincoln public-opinion freedom government As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman. Adam Michnik democracy freedom dark My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson patriotic independent freedom The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. Adlai E. Stevenson freedom media mother «1234567891011»
