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“And you, America, that passion made you. You were not born to prosperity, you were born to love freedom. You did not say "en masse," you said "independence." But we cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also.”

Made Said America Passion Born Freedom Independence Prosperity Luxury Love Freedom

Book:The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers

Source: The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers

“Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.”

Problem Government Political Passion Individual Social Freedom Movement Depends Institutions Solve Motivated Social Movements

Author:Margaret Mead

“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”

“The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions”

Passion Freedom Empowerment Slave Mood Appetite Undisciplined

Book:The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey

Source: The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey

“Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself; Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.”

Men Passion Strong Freedom Lord Poverty Wise Honor Finished Chains Despise Alarms

Author:Horace

“Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.”

Love Heart May Made Suffering Passion Evil Freedom My Heart Fit Affection Heal Courageous Steady Persevere

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.”

Men May Has Beens War Country Past Passion Freedom Liberty Opinion Demand Speech Majority Loyalty Our Country Nationalism Disagree Free Speech Stamps Disloyal

Author:Louis D. Brandeis