“A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization.” HumansFacesLife IsIndividualLibertyFantasyRightsDutyCivilizationSpeciesPursuitDefinedHuman LifeMeaninglessPursuit Of HappinessIndividual RightsRelationships With OthersLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessMeaningless Life Book:Blade of Tyshalle Source: Blade of Tyshalle
“And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there are two marks by which democracy is thought to be defined: "sovereignty of the majority" and "liberty." "Just" is equated with what is equal, and the decision of the majority as to what is equal is regarded as sovereign; and liberty is seen in terms of doing what one wants.” WantTwoReasonRunningLyingPoliticsTermDecisionLibertyEconomyDemocracyEqualMarkMajorityDefinedLiberalismReverseSovereignSovereigntyBeneficial Author:Aristotle
“John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned about calls for civility. He points out that civility ends up getting defined by the people who are in charge. And you'll notice that when people argue for civility, they tend to actually believe that whatever they say is civil. And if they're angry about it, it's righteous rage. But if you say it and it's kind of sharp or mean, then it's incivil. ... And sometimes, disagreement-to be productive-can't be all that civil.” PeopleIfsShouldBelieveKindMeanBookEndsSometimesLibertyWonderfulConcernedAngryRageArguingDefinedProductiveRighteousCivilityDisagreementMills Author:Greg Lukianoff
“We have, on the whole, more liberty and less equality than Russia has. Russia has less liberty and more equality. Whether democracy should be defined primarily in terms of liberty or equality is a source of unending debate.” ShouldWholeTermLibertyDemocracySourceDebateRussiaDefinedUnending Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.” MayLinesLibertyRevolutionLoversDefinedMonarchyProtestantsSettlementFew Words Author:David Hume
“Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.” Has BeensFreedomActingLibertyPowerWrittenDefinedVolume Book:The Portable Voltaire Source: The Portable Voltaire
“I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.” BelieveValuesI BelieveSpaceLibertyDemocracyDutyCommitmentToleranceDefinedOpennessExclusiveCivicsCivic DutyInternationalismShared Values Author:David Blunkett
“Whatever you want to call it, socialism, liberalism, this is who they are. They corrupt everything. Folks, their targets are the institutions and traditions that have given the world its morality, its virtue. The institutions and traditions which have defined freedom and liberty. That's what the left attacks.” WorldWantLeftGivenLibertyVirtueMoralityTraditionInstitutionsFolksSocialismDefinedLiberalismTargetFreedom And Liberty Author:Rush Limbaugh