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“Belonging to oneself--the whole essence of life lies in that.”

Life Whole Lying Freedom Essence Oneself Belonging Essence Of Life

Book:The essential Turgenev

Source: The essential Turgenev

“Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a single question: do you consider it moral to treat men as sacrificial animals and to rule them by physical force?”

Men Has Beens Force Freedom Animal Liberty Moral Issues Written Essence Treats Dictatorship Volume Versus Physical Force

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7

“The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live.”

Force Freedom Economy Products Labor Essence Slavery Slave Anarchy Ownership Live Free

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.”

People Ifs Way Should May Law Freedom Democracy Changed Conflict Essence Dependent Rulers

Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

“The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and must be the touchstones of Vanderbilt University and of any free university in this country or the world. I say two touchstones, yet they are almost inseparable, inseparable if not indistinguishable, for liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain.”

Ifs World Stills Two Country Freedom Responsibility Liberty Essence University Vain Outlook Peril Inseparable Touchstones Vanderbilt

Author:John F. Kennedy

“But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.”

“To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.”

Freedom Honor Essence Being True Honor And Respect

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest.”

Process Freedom Essence Democratic Manipulation Engineering Consent Democratic Process

Book:Public Relations

Source: Public Relations