Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
Copy QuoteBetween stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Copy Quote View & ShareFreedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Copy Quote View & ShareFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Copy Quote View & ShareMan will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Copy Quote View & ShareNone are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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