“The prosperity of the second half of the twentieth century was both a cause and an effect of social and scientific breakthroughs that have redefined human life. The biggest change is simply that people live longer and have far more freedom to think about things other than staying alive.” PeopleThinkingHumansSocialCausesFreedomHalfAliveEffectsCenturyProsperityHuman LifeStayingBreakthroughTwentieth CenturyStaying AliveLive Free Book:How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas Source: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
“It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.” WorldHomeJusticeFreedomHalfRightsEasierInjusticeHuman RightsDiscriminationBlockOppressionOutragedRights And FreedomsJustice And InjusticeInjustice And OppressionPolitical OppressionInjustice In The World Author:Carl T. Rowan
“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.” PeoplePoliticalFreedomWhiteHalfDemocracySuspicionDemocracies HaveVoting And Democracy Author:E. B. White
“It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.” AmericaLawFreedomHalfLibertyTheoryCitizensFundamentalsAverageLibertarianDevicesLibertarianismTrustedLimiting GovernmentAmerican Law Author:H. L. Mencken
“Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.” FreedomSecretHalfSkySecret Thoughts Author:Fausto Cercignani
“To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly, squirting half the house in order to water a single rose.” OrderCoursesHouseEnjoyWaterFreedomHalfRainRiversRoseWorld Water DayControl OurselvesSingle Rose Book:A room of one's own and other essays Source: A room of one's own and other essays
“What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” PeopleIfsTwoCountryFactsSpiritLostPresidentNaturalFreedomHalfLibertyTreeBloodCenturyArmsGunResistancePreservesPatriotismRebellionTyrantsRulersRemedyPatriotPardonRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsManureLiberty Tree Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in our turn.” MenTurnsNamesFreedomHalfMankindParticularCircumstancesPreparedBlowBrotherhoodOther HalfBrotherhood Of Man Author:R. D. Laing