“That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.” PeopleHumansHappensTodayLawSufferingBlackLibertyRightsCitizensConstitutionFellowsFoundationInjusticeHuman RightsAccidentsProofFlagsSheerDescendantsAdvocacyFramed Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul, which raises it above the troubles, disorders and emotions which the sight of great perils can arouse in it; by this strength heroes maintain a calm aspect and preserve their reason and liberty in the most surprising and terrible accidents.” SoulReasonEmotionLibertyTroubleHeroTerribleAspectSightBraveryRaisesExtraordinaryCalmAccidentsPreservesDisorderSurprisingPeril Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world at this moment. I don't believe President Roosevelt is an accident in time, or that it is an accident that he is President for a third time. I believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt truly is the voice of liberty in the world.” KnowsWorldNeedsBelieveDoeMomentsI BelievePresidentVoiceLibertyDestinyCenturyGreatnessThirdsDon't BelieveAccidentsBelieve In GodFranklinThird TimePresident Roosevelt Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Instead of that liberty which takes root and growth in the progress of reason, if recovered by mere force or accident, it becomes with an unprepared people a tyranny still of the many, the few, or the one.” PeopleIfsStillsReasonForceGrowthLibertyProgressRootsMereAccidentsTyrannyUnprepared Book:The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 Source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815
“It is no accident that wherever the State ha taken economic decision away from the citizen, it has deprived him of his other liberties as well.” WellsStatesDecisionLibertyTakenEconomicCitizensAccidentsDeprived Author:Enoch Powell