#freed

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#along #been #decent #evolution #freedom

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#inestimable #possession #value

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away. ↗

— David Allan Coe

#cannot #freedom #given #only #taken

But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#enjoy #freedom #glad #i #i am

When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#freedom #had #i #jail #lot

Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#contribute #fail #far #freedom #function

From the beginning, Judeo-Christian principles have been the foundation for American public dialogue and government policy. They serve as the solid basis for political activism in support of a better socioeconomic environment. Found in American homes, truth from the Hebrew Christian Bible has enabled individual liberty to prevail over secular empires because it is a practical message about reality from man’s Creator. In their quest for liberty, Americans focused upon the conspicuously self-evident “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” It is the governing character of these principles (laws), such as humility, the Golden Rule, and the Ten Commandments, that leads to success. This is the sure foundation upon which man’s right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” rests. Called “virtue” by America’s Founding Fathers, the impartial and divine element frees man to do what is right. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Cor. 3:17). ↗

— David A. Norris

#freedom #government #judeo-christian #liberty #life

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. ↗

— Larry Craig

#amendment #away #clear #congress #cut

And I have been able to give freedom and life which was acknowledged in the ecstasy of walking hand in hand across the most beautiful bridge of the world, the cables enclosing us and pulling us upward in such a dance as I have never walked and never can walk with another. ↗

— Hart Crane

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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#feeling #freedom #highways #kind #lost