#freed

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#competing #feeling #freedom #fresh #fresh air

The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

#abraham lincoln #alike #assure #been #commitment

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#i #know #mind

Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#cannot #freedom #oxygen #science #which

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#big #challenge #competition #disappointments #enjoy

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#attitude #before #children #choosing #freedom

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#american #american values #antipathy #apologize #arrogance

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#blessing #democracy #discipline #freedom #greatest

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#critical #freedom #including #international #international community