A Quotes
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“A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance.”
“A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our orders.”
“A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.”
“A liberal was somebody who expected and hoped that government would help the poor - you know, that whole routine. I did not know then and I've learned since that in an area that means a lot to me, free speech, liberals are as bad as many conservatives in trying to censor speech.”
“A liberal will cut off your leg so he can hand you a crutch.”
“A liberal: someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.”
“A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.”
“A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.”
“A liberated person abdicates from society’s expectations and embraces living an authentic life undeterred by external determinates.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“A liberated woman is one who feels confident in herself, and is happy in what she is doing. She is a person who has a sense of self-it all comes down to a freedom of choice.”
“A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.”
“A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.”
Source: We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader
“A liberation struggle is like a struggle against dirt. No matter what type of bath you takein three weeks you'll smell like you've never seen a bathtub. What we don't understand about a liberation struggle is you never win it, any more than you "win" clean dishes. As soon as you eat on them, the dishes are dirty again.”
“A liberdade – difícil e trágica liberdade – já não é mais o espaço de que o individuo necessita para praticar a aquisição da dignidade humana; é antes a perda dessa dignidade a favor da idolatria do ideal animal: tudo é permitido. O significado é desconhecido, o sentimento é substituído pelo objectivo. Experiências ‹‹divertidas›› e ‹‹saborosas›› substituem o conhecimento do bem e do mal. Porque o eterno não existe, tudo tem de ser agora, novo e rápido. Ninguém pode ser mais sábio, portanto todos têm razão. Todos são o mesmo, portanto o que é difícil é antidemocrático. A arte transforma-se em entretenimento, e a fama das coisas ou das gentes é importante. A declaração de Gracián de que o peso material determina o valor do ouro mas o peso moral determina o valor humano é posta às avessas (..) O que é bom para o ouro, é bom para ti. Portanto comercializa-te! Adapta-te (...) é este niilismo da sociedade de massas que, como um cancro, ataca a civilização, o tecido conectivo da ordem social, e o destrói. O que resta sem esse tecido é uma quantidade ilimitada e indivíduos separados que no fim procuram destruir-se uns aos outros porque já não estão unidos por um valor universal mas seduzidos pela ideia de ‹‹eu sou livre, portanto tudo é permitido››”
“A liberdade não é coisa que se mata, é vontade que mais cresce quanto mais alguém lhe puxa as raízes do chão, é a vontade indomável de quem quer viver sem a fraqueza obrigatória de se render.”
Source: Terra Fria
“A liberdade, que é uma conquista, e não uma doação, exige uma permanente busca.”
“A liberdade, sim - sobre os cascos, sobre os dias, sobre as futuras travessias de águas irrequitas chamadas rios.”
Source: E Se Amanhã o Medo
“A liberdade, sobretudo a feminina, só pode ser citadina.”
Source: Alentejo prometido
“A liberdade é sempre um contrato entre estranhos, seja em Nova Iorque, Lisboa ou Ermidas-Sado.”
Source: Alentejo prometido
“A liberdade é um tipo diferente de magia. A lua se redescobre e se reinventa a cada nova fase. E agora aquela que usa seu manto pode vagar pelo mundo tal como um eterno eclipse: reluzente e impossível.”
Source: A Canção dos Desejos Esquecidos
“A liberdade é uma conversa fiada, é palavra de efeito, sempre no meio de uma frase para impressionar os desatentos, no fundo estamos presos à incapacidade de ser outra coisa diferente do que somos, do que a história da gente tramou.”
Source: Tudo é Rio
“A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatever; nor will a libertarian advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.”
“A libertarian is somebody who believes, of course, in personal liberty. And liberty is a personal thing; it is not collective. You don’t gain liberty because you belong to a group. So we don’t talk about women’s rights or gay rights or anything else. Everybody has an absolute equal right as an individual, and it comes to them naturally.”
“A libertarian is someone who can believe that the police are no more than a gang of thugs without realizing that in the absence of police, thugs will gather into gangs.”
“A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.”
“A liberty subject to law and subordinate to the common welfare.”
“A liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.”
Source: The History of New England from 1630 to 1649
“A librarian for president is exactly what this country needs.”
Source: High Heat
“A librarian is not a legal process. There is not librarian in the country unless she or he is a lawyer who is in the position to determine what he or she is looking at is indeed child pornography.”
“A librarian is one who does it better than Google”
“A library — a place full of books! Imagine!" Ivy couldn't imagine a place closer to heaven. Think of all the books you could read!”
Source: Through Streets Broad and Narrow
“A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious.”
Source: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
“A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.”
“A library card is good to have, you can never have too much ID.”
Source: Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
“A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.”
“A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.”
Source: My Reading Life
“A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.”
“A Library goes on as far as thought can reach.”
Source: The Cunning Man
“A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn."
À qui la faute? (1872)”
“A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.”
Source: Selected Poems from the Edition Definitive
“A library implies an act of faith.”
Source: Selected Poems from the Edition Definitive
“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination.”
Source: Moranthology
“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival.”
Source: Moranthology
“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold, rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen, instead.”
“A library is a feast to which we are all invited.”
“A library is a fueling station for your mind.”
Source: The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life
“A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.”
“A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there in a book, you may have your question answered”
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."
[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”