#reed

For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents. ↗

— Barack Obama

#agents #around #been #decades #denied

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again. ↗

— Barack Obama

#again #agreed #because #billionaire #cannot

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion. ↗

— Pope Shenouda III

#against #bible #church #does #freedom

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#economy #firm #freedom #merits #person

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#columns #editorial #expressed #freedom #given

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? ↗

— George Orwell

#any #appears #cannot #creed #draw

What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control. ↗

— Butch Otter

#another #citizens #control #federal #freedom

We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom. ↗

— Bill Owens

#cell #common #communities #criminal #criminals

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#expect #fatigue #freedom #like #men

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. ↗

— Olof Palme

#dignity #freedom #human #human dignity #political