“This freedom of which men speak, for which they fight, seems to some people a perilous thing. It has to be earned at a bitter cost and then it has to be lived with. For freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” PeopleMenHumansSeemsFightingSpeakFreedomHuman BeingsResponsibilityHugeCostBitterRequirements Book:You learn by living Source: You learn by living
“The whole country wants civility. Why don't we have it? It doesn't cost anything. No federal funding, no legislation is involved. One answer is the unwillingness to restrain oneself. Everybody wants other people to be polite to them, but they want the freedom of not having to be polite to others.” PeopleWantCountryWholeFreedomAnswersInvolvedCostOneselfEqualityMannersWillingnessLegislationPoliteInvolvementFundingCivilityPolitenessCivil SocietyRestraining Author:Judith Martin
“But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.” HumansSelfTodayFreedomPartyDemocracyRightsExpressionCostHuman RightsSignificantCensorshipFreedom Of ExpressionDemocracy FreedomSelf Censorship Author:Phil Robertson
“Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for such a price it is a delusion, for it cannot last.” LastsFreedomFitIntegrityCostSlaveDelusion Author:William Borah
“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” InspirationalFreedomPathCostPaidSurrenderSubmission4th Of JulyMemorial DayTrue FreedomFreedom To ChooseAmerica FreedomMemorial Day PoemsPrice Of FreedomAmerican FreedomHappy Memorial DayUs PresidentialGreat Memorial Day Author:John F. Kennedy
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” LongMotivationalActionLeadershipFreedomLearningRiskTeachingCostComfortableProductivityRangeBossLife And LoveInactionToughnessRisk-taking Author:John F. Kennedy
“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.” KnowsUseFreedomHistoryKnow HowGenerationsCostPreservesPatrioticPosterityYour Freedom Book:The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 Source: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” InspirationalBlackFreedomInspiringLibertyHistoryCostSocial JusticeBlack HistoryRepressionMemorial DayBlack History MonthBlack History Month InspirationalBlack AmericaMemorial Day RemembranceBlack History InspirationalBlack InspirationalInspirational History Author:W. E. B. Du Bois