“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.” MenDoeMy OwnLibertyParticularWillingDependsCircumstancesCommitmentAimSakeDefinitionsObliged Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“At the root of the assault on our liberties is, in fact, an assault on our character--an assault that assumes that we are not good enough to be free, and that aims to make sure that we are no longer strong enough, courageous enough, disciplined enough to be a free people.” PeopleEnoughCharacterFactsStrongLibertyRootsAimAssumingCourageousGood EnoughAssaultStrong EnoughNot Good Enough Author:Alan Keyes
“Anarchism is really a synonym for socialism. The anarchist is primarily a socialist whose aim is to abolish the exploitation of man by man. Anarchism is only one of the streams of socialist thought, that stream whose main components are concern for liberty and haste to abolish the State.” MenStatesLibertyConcernAimSocialismStreamsAnarchyExploitationSocialistComponentsAnarchismAnarchistHasteAbolishSynonym Book:Anarchism; from theory to practice Source: Anarchism; from theory to practice
“the State only aims at instilling those qualities in its public by which its demands are obeyed, and its exchequer is filled. Its highest attainment is the reduction of mankind to clockwork. In its atmosphere all those finer and more delicate liberties, which require treatment and spacious expansion, inevitably dry up and perish. The State requires a taxpaying machine in which there is no hitch, an exchequer in which there is never a deficit, and a public, monotonous, obedient, colorless, spiritless, moving humbly like a flock of sheep along a straight high road between two walls.” TwoStatesGovernmentMovingQualityLibertyMankindWallDemandHighestMachinesAimFilledAtmosphereDryTreatmentDelicateSheepExpansionDeficitAttainmentReductionObedientFlocksMonotonousClockworkHigh RoadDry UpColorless Author:Ouida
“Then shoulder to shoulder! Let us engirdle the little circle of the earth with the chains that bind us to each other. To one end let us aim our thoughts, and to one end let us aim our souls. Hail, dawn of liberty, behind thee is the redeeming sun.” LittlesSoulEndsEarthBehindsLibertySunAimCirclesShouldersChainsTheeDawnOur ThoughtsHailRedeemingChains That Bind Author:Adam Mickiewicz
“The Idea of Anti-imperialism is... to be considered on several grounds. First, it is traditionally pervasive in the United States, though given its most extreme form in anti-Western academe. Second, it is used as a negative label for any effort by the United States, or the West, to encourage liberties, to block fanaticisms, and to make aid dependent on positive economic policies. Those concerned with the future development of their countries, and of the world, cannot afford to let obsolete resentments distort their aims.” WorldFirstsIdeasCountryStatesFormUsedGivenUnitedEffortLibertyUnited StatesEconomicPolicyDevelopmentConcernedNegativeAimWestWesternExtremesAidsBlockLabelsDependentResentmentImperialismFanaticismObsoleteEconomic PolicyFuture Development Author:Robert Conquest
“A society that aims for equality before liberty will end up with neither equality nor liberty. And a society that aims first for liberty will not end up with equality, but it will end up with a closer approach to equality than any other kind of system that has ever been developed.” FirstsKindEndsLibertyApproachAim Author:Milton Friedman