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" In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. "

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" If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are. "

" Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. "

William Lloyd Garrison

" If it is right for men to fight for their freedom, and God knows what the human race would be like today if men had not, since time began, fought for their freedom, then it is right for women to fight for their freedom and the freedom of the children they bear. "

Emmeline Pankhurst

" I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 'among the most unspeakable crimes in history.' I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on. "

" Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear. "

" The only certain freedom's in departure. "

" Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. "

George Bernard Shaw

" We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world. "

" Qatar-based 'Al-Jazeera,' the most important news channel in the Arab world, was harshly criticized by high U.S. officials for having 'emphasized civilian casualties' during the destruction of Falluja. The problem of independent media was later resolved when the channel was kicked out of Iraq in preparation for free elections. "

" Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. "

" America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought. "

" Karl Marx was in favor of socialist and communist-socialist revolutions, but he had a pretty nuanced view about it. "

" To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn't do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress. "

" Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness. "

James D. Watson

" It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction. "

" Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off of Christian values. It goes hand-in-hand. As far as the Republican Party? I felt connected to it because individual freedom should not be legislated by the federal government. "

Joe Wurzelbacher

" In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region. "

" Whenever regulation increases, personal freedom decreases. "

" The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. "

" Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong. "

" I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world. "

" Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the act. "

" My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.' "

Malala Yousafzai

" There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, 'That person I see is a savage monster;' instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do. "

" The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything. "

" No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. "

" Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. "