#pol

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#freedom

The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#political #freedom

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#liberty #politics #freedom

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." [Olmstead v. U.S. (1928)] ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#encroachment #freedom #government #liberty #policy

أعرف أنك تجلس وأنت غارق في سوء الحال تنتظر اليوم الذي تتحقق فيه المعجزة ويتغير فيه حاكم مصر لينصلح حالها، لكن ذلك لن يحدث أبدًا طالما لم أدرك أنا وأنت أن سوء الحال نابع من سوء الأداء، لو لم يسأل كل منا نفسه عما فعله لإصلاح ما حوله أو الاعتراض عليه، لو لم يدرك كل منا أن معركته الحقيقية تبدأ من داخل بيته وأنه إذا لم ينتصر فيها أولاً فلن ننتصر في أي شيء، لو لم يدرك كل منا أن خلاصنا في تثوير القرآن وتطبيق مقاصد الإسلام قبل أشكاله، لو لم يدرك كل منا أننا لا شيء بدون الحرية والعلم وأن الحقوق تنتزع ولا توهب، وأننا سنظل مهددين بالتوربيني الصغير طالما سمحنا للتوربينات الكبار أن يرتعوا في الأرض فاسدين مكتفين بالشتيمة والسخط والكوميديا السوداء. ↗

— بلال فضل

#politics #reform #freedom

The worst possible outlook is indifference that says, “I can’t do anything about it; I’ll just get by.” Behaving like that deprives you of one of the essentials of being human: the capacity and the freedom to feel outraged. That freedom is indispensable, as is the political involvement that goes with it. ↗

— Stéphane Hessel

#human #political #freedom

If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it? ↗

— Michel Templet

#freedom-of-speech #politics #freedom

I'm not interested in how things were, or how we ended up where we are now. What interests me is what we are now and what we will be. ↗

— Ahmed Toufiq

#freedom

When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues. ↗

— Thomas L. Friedman

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

Fighting in the name of freedom has too high a price," Merlin sighed as he leaned into his mother's arms. ↗

— Dee Marie

#avalon #merlin #politics #wisdom #freedom