Free Society Quotes
Free Society Quote of the day
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society -- once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer.
In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else.
I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.
There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.
Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny.
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.
I'm embarrassed for us as a free society that we actually want people punished for saying things we don't like.
In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.
Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.
A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas.
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.
We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!
If you never encounter anything in your community that offends you, then you are not living in a free society.
In a free society, one does not have to deal with those who are irrational. One is free to avoid them.
I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point is that the most important human right is the right to life.
A free society is one in which individuals are free to discover for themselves the available range of alternatives.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.
Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.
America's corporations are a spiritual slum, and their arrogance is the major threat to our future as a free society.
When we have undermined the patriotic lie, we shall have cleared the path for the great structure where all shall be united into a universal brotherhood — a truly free society.
There is only one '' principle that can preserve a free society: namely, the strict prevention of all coercion except in the enforcement of general abstract rules equally applicable to all.
It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge than the mind of the wisest ruler could comprehend.
We're a free society; we've got television. We have radio. We have newspapers. We have the videocassette, which is coming into play. These are new freedoms.
The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy.
In a free society we're supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it.
Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.
In a free society, there comes a time when the truth - however hard it may be to hear, however impolitic it may seem to say - must be told.
The benefit of living in a free society is that we all have the choice to be rich, poor, or middle class. The decision is up to you.
There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn’t be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product.
I see the psychedelic experience as a birthright, and we can't have a free society until people are free to explore their own mind.
If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.
By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.
The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.
I like the idea that there's no censorship, because it's consistent with my views that we live in a free society and people ought to be able to express their views.
Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.
Unfortunately, this is a free society, and we're gonna have people with trucks, and people with bombs.
In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.
The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.