“The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be developed - we have tried law, compulsion and authoritarianism of various kinds, and the result is nothing to be proud of.” KindReasonSeemsLawResultsMoralConditionsProudVariousPracticalsBe ProudCompulsionAuthoritarianismFiberMoral Fiber Author:Albert J. Nock
“Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try.” PeopleTryingIdeasRealityGovernmentLostConditionsPracticalsPreservesTranslateTranslationsLost In Translation Book:The Presidential Campaign 1976: Jimmy Carter. 2 v Source: The Presidential Campaign 1976: Jimmy Carter. 2 v
“No committee could ever come up with anything as revolutionary as a camel - anything as practical and as perfectly designed to perform effectively under such difficult conditions.” DifficultConditionsCome UpPracticalsRevolutionaryCommitteesCamels Author:Laurence J. Peter
“In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face the same unchanged conditions, the same squalor and deprivation-the only difference being that his bitterness would be even more intense, his disenchantment even more abject. Thus, in purely practical as well as moral terms, the American Negro has no rational alternative to nonviolence.” WellsWould BeFacesTermDifferencesMoralConditionsEventsRevolutionViolentPracticalsIntenseRationalAlternativesBitternessNonviolenceDeprivationDisenchantmentSqualorViolent Revolution Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.