“Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.” WorldChildrenMomentsGovernmentFatherHouseChanceWhiteLibertyPositionHighestOur ChildrenPrivilegeYour ChildrenPresent MomentWhite HouseFind MePoorestLiberty And Equality Book:Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches Source: Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches
“We take the star from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.” CountryMotherHeavenStarsWhiteLibertyRedPosterityRepresentingSeparatingStripesFlag DayMother CountryWhite Stripes Author:George Washington
“O Liberty, white Goddess! is it well to leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast fold Sorrow's children, soothe the hurts of Fate, lift the down-trodden, but with hand of steel stay those who to thy sacred portals come to waste the gifts of Freedom.” WellsChildrenHandsHurtWhiteLibertyFateSorrowWasteSacredLiftsBreastsGatesGoddessSteelFoldsPortal Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems
“In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all. A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.” ShouldHumansDoeMadeCountryGovernmentLawNationsBlackWhitePoorCommonLibertyDestinyRichRightsCitizensProtectEqualLowsEqualityPursuitVarietyCitizenshipDelayEqual RightsPursuit Of HappinessRight To LifeHuman FamilyCompositesLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness Author:Frederick Douglass
“The sky is dark. But to understand something is to give light. Those who deny liberty to the slaves may have white skins, but their consciences are blacker than the skin of the Negro.” GivingMayLightDarkWhiteLibertySkyConscienceSkinsSlaverySlaveDenyWhite Skin Author:Roman Baldorioty de Castro
“Increasingly, I wonder if there are any outrages that would be sufficiently ominous in their effects upon liberty and unequivocal in their moral perversity to awaken the American people to the tyrannical spirit that envelopes the Clinton White House.” PeopleIfsWould BeSpiritHouseWhiteLibertyWonderMoralEffectsClintonWhite HouseOutrageEnvelopesOminousPerversityUnequivocal Author:Alan Keyes
“Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began.” MenShouldLooksSelfFatherInterestWhiteLibertyRichWiseBattleIndependencePursuitDoctrineLook UpEntitledEvidentDeclarationWhite ManPosterityPursuit Of HappinessStatesmenRich ManDeclaration Of IndependenceFactionsLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness Author:Abraham Lincoln
“It's nothing but a big stroke job in this country. The government strokes you every day of your life. Religion never stops stroking you. Big business gives you a good stroke. And it's one big, transcontinental, cross-country, red, white and blue stroke job... Do you know what the national emblem for this country ought to be? Forget that bald eagle. The national emblem of this country ought to be Uncle Sam standing naked at attention saluting, and seated on a chair next to him, the Statue of Liberty jerking him off. That would be a good symbol for the United Strokes of America.” KnowsGivingCountryBigsGovernmentWould BeJobsAmericaNextWhiteForgetUnitedAttentionLibertyOughtRedStandingCrossesBlueNakedSymbolsChairsDo You KnowUnclesStrokesStatuesEaglesBig BusinessEmblemsStatue Of LibertyUncle SamRed White And BlueBald Eagle Author:George Carlin
“Ultimately, the courts will make the final judgment whether the White House has gone too far. Independent and impartial judges must assess the proper balance between protecting our liberties and protecting our national security.” HouseWhiteLibertyGoneSecurityJudgingBalanceJudgmentIndependentCourtFinalsWhite HouseNational Security Author:Edward Kennedy