“Far from a simple attempt to rid the nation of crime and drugs, our policy against narcotics -- like any public policy -- comes with strings attached. And increasingly these strings are constricting around the necks of Americans' lives and liberties.” NationsSimpleLibertyCrimePolicyDrugNecksStringsPublic PolicyNarcoticsStrings Attached Author:Joel Miller
“I just haven't been conditioned into thinking that the right answer can't be a simple one. When I told you you'd been contaminated I meant by that attitude, which is wider-spread than the common cold and just as undermining. Did nobody ever point out to you that the only liberty implied by free will is the opportunity to be wrong?” ThinkingOpportunitySimpleAnswersCommonAttitudeLibertyHavensColdSpreadFree WillRight AnswersUnderminingImpliedCommon Cold Book:Stand on Zanzibar Source: Stand on Zanzibar
“It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.” MaySimpleEffortLibertyLakesSincerityAutobiographyStatuesFranknessStatue Of LibertyOntario Author:Dorothy Parker
“No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that we'll enjoy to-night.” NightNextEnjoySimpleLibertyMorningRegretBoardsSimple Words Book:The Works of Ben Jonson Source: The Works of Ben Jonson
“Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.” ChallengesSimpleLibertyProgramDetailsRepeatsNot InterestedCivil LibertiesNsa Author:Barack Obama
“The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.” KnowsWorldHumansMadePoliticalReligiousSimpleLibertyCriticismDenialTransformedSusceptible Author:Alexander Herzen
“We shall look on crime as a disease, and its physicians shall displace the judges, its hospitals displace the Galleys. Liberty and health shall be alike. We shall pour balm and oil where we formerly applied iron and fire; evil will be treated in charity, instead of in anger. This change will be simple and sublime.” LooksEvilSimpleLibertyFireCrimeJudgingDiseaseCharityOilTreatedIronHospitalsPhysiciansSublime Book:Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)
“I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in Spain again, or, for that matter, in America, and tried to take away whatever dwindling civil liberties and human rights we retain, I would resist them with a club if I had to. But my admiration for pacifism as an outlook and a sensibility is enormous. I just find that it gets me into contradictions, as it often gets many pacifists into contradictory positions and strategies.” IfsShouldHumansMatterReasonAmericaSimpleLibertyRightsPositionStrategyHuman RightsClubsEnormousAriseContradictionAdmirationSensibilitySpainOutlookContradictoryCivil LibertiesPacifistPacifismFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Murray Bookchin