#liberty

The president, the secretary of state, the businessman, the preacher, the vendor, the spies, the clients and managers—all walking around Wall Street like chickens with their heads cut off—rushing to escape bankruptcy—plotting to melt down the Statue of Liberty—to press more copper pennies—to breed more headless chickens—to put more feathers in their caps—medals, diplomas, stock certificates, honorary doctorates—eggs and eggs of headless chickens—multitaskers—system hackers—who never know where they’re heading--northward, backward, eastward, forward, and never homeward—(where is home)—home is in the head—(but the head is cut off)—and the nest is full of banking forms and Easter eggs with coins inside. Beheaded chickens, how do you breed chickens with their heads cut off? By teaching them how to bankrupt creativity. ↗

— Giannina Braschi

#business-quotes #economy-bankrupt #liberty #politics-of-the-united-states #business

the story of liberty is a history of the limitation of a government power, not the increase of it. ↗

— William J Federer

#history #liberty #change

No nation has ever been able to transform by chance. Its always a deliberate and conscious process ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#change #liberty #national #nigeria #change

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! ↗

— Patrick Henry

#liberty #revolution #slavery #death

Give me liberty or give me death. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#give #give me #give me liberty #liberty #me

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! ↗

— Patrick Henry

#death

And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare. ↗

— Malcolm X

#deception #democracy #hypocrisy #liberty #oppression

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country? ↗

— George Washington

#government #liberty #politics #youth #communication

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#freedom #liberty #obedience #protest #slave

[E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. ↗

— John Rawls

#liberalism #liberty #equality