“We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.” LawDesirePerfectLibertyBalanceFaultsSaintNeighborDeniedStrictStrict Laws Author:Thomas a Kempis
“The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses, have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right, and denied absolutely that a human being is accountable to others for his religious belief. Yet so natural to mankind is intolerance in whatever they really care about, that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realised, except where religious indifference, which dislikes to have its peace disturbed by theological quarrels, has added its weight to the scale.” WorldHumansCareReligionBeliefNaturalReligiousHuman BeingsLibertyMankindConscienceWeightToleranceScalesIndifferenceDislikeDeniedIntoleranceQuarrelsRealisedDisturbedTheologicalReligious FreedomReligious BeliefGreat WritersReligious Liberty Book:On Liberty: Mill's Works Source: On Liberty: Mill's Works
“An intolerant sect has no right to complain when it is denied an equal liberty... A person's right to complain is limited to principles he acknowledges himself.” PersonsLibertyPrinciplesEqualComplainingToleranceAcknowledgeDeniedSects Author:John Rawls
“Lucky are you, reader, if you happen not to be of that sex to whom it is forbidden all good things; to whom liberty is denied; to whom almost all virtues are denied; lucky are you if you are one of those who can be wise without its being a crime.” IfsHappensSexWomenLibertyVirtueWiseCrimeReaderLuckyGood ThingsDeniedForbiddenBeing Wise Author:Marie de Gournay
“Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.” PeopleMeanChoicesLibertyStruggleAchieveDeniedRecourseStruggle For Freedom Book:The Letters of John F. Kennedy Source: The Letters of John F. Kennedy
“The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all times, it has opposed the liberty of thought and expression. It has been the sworn enemy of investigation and intellectual development. It has denied the existence of facts, the tendency of which was to undermine its power. It has always been carrying fagots to the feet of Philosophy. It has erected the gallows for Genius. It has built the dungeon for Thinkers.” HumansHas BeensPhilosophyFactsAgeEvilChurchReligiousRaceExistenceLibertyEnemyFeetExpressionDevelopmentGeniusIntellectualBuiltTendenciesAll TimeHuman RaceConsistentThinkerDeniedInvestigationDungeonsGallowsIntellectual DevelopmentFagots Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who is born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We only ask an even chance to live as other men live. We ask to be recognized as men. Let me be a free man...free to travel... free to stop...free to work...free to choose my own teachers...free to follow the religion of my Fathers...free to think and talk and act for myself.” ThinkingMenGivingShouldWellsMightRunningLawAsksFatherGrowsBornChanceMy OwnLibertyTeacherPleaseRiversTreatsLet MeDeniedNative AmericanFree ManNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native American Author:Dee Brown