“For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.” ThinkingLongImportantFoundChangeLibertyOpinionSubjectsInformationConstitutionInstanceConsiderationObligedConstitution Of The United StatesInfallibilityConstitutional Convention Author:Benjamin Franklin
“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
“Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.” PeopleMenMeanLawFightingLibertyConflictEternalConstitutionPreservesObliged Book:Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Source: Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
“What was it that obliged Jerome to write his book, Concerning Illustrious Men? It was the common reproach of old cast upon Christians, 'That they were all poor, weak, unlearned men.' The sort of men sometime called 'Puritans' in the English nation have been reproached with the same character. . . But when truth shall have liberty to speak, it will be known that Christianity never was more expressed unto the life than in the lives of the persons that have been thus reproached.” MenWritingPersonsHas BeensBookCharacterChristianSpeakNationsPoorCommonKnownLibertyChristianityWeakCastsObligedReproachPuritan Author:Cotton Mather
“Today's citizen is obliged to find his freedom only in the narrow ruts pre-approved by his bureaucratic overlords. "Risk-free liberty" is the ideal of the Welfare State: citizens are permitted only liberties which have been declawed, defanged, neutered, certified and wrapped in benevolent restrictions.” Has BeensStatesTodayLibertyRiskCitizensIdealsWelfareObligedRestrictionApprovedBenevolentWelfare StateRuts Author:James Bovard
“Anyone who believes in the natural and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is obliged to accept that individuals have the right to buy and sell alcohol. That's why all the regulations that people take for granted-the restrictions on hours of operation, the ban on Sunday sales, the minimum distance from schools and churches, the minimum age, and the protection of local wineries from competition by wineries in other states-are illegitimate.” PeopleBelieveStatesAgeSchoolIndividualHoursNaturalChurchLibertyAcceptingRightsSellsDistanceCompetitionProtectionAlcoholPursuitLocalsGrantedOperationsSundayRegulationMinimumObligedRestrictionPursuit Of HappinessBansInalienable RightsLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessRights To Life Author:Sheldon Richman