“An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.” FirstsPoliticalReligiousPleaseAffairCivil RightsGuaranteesAmendmentsMinimumUnconditionalFirst AmendmentPublic AffairsFirst Amendment Rights Author:Hugo Black
“Sistani’s office refuses the replacement of the law because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.” LawPoliticalSidesPartyPleaseDemandMembersOfficeRefuseFormerPublic LifeReplacements Author:Ali al-Sistani
“You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own property, or it comes to nothing. Why do men want any of those things that are called political rights and privileges? Why do they, for instance, want to vote at elections for members of parliament? Oh! Because they shall then have an influence over the conduct of those members. And of what use is that? Oh! Then they will prevent the members from doing wrong.” MenWantMayLongUseLastsPoliticalPoliticsEconomyRightsInfluencePleaseQuietMembersVoteElectionPropertyPrivilegeInstanceEnjoymentLiberalismTwistsParliamentPolitical RightsRights And PrivilegesMembers Of Parliament Book:A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland Source: A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland
“The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.” MenShouldMayDoeLawPoliticalLibertySubjectsOughtCitizensPleaseSafetyNotionCivil RightsSecureFramed Author:Catherine the Great
“To ignore [the] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic' mother is a hollow mockery and betrays a hopeless ignorance of industrial and urban conditions in the Twentieth Century. ... Everything that counts in the common life is political.” IfsFactsPoliticalLife IsMotherSocialCommonResponsibilityMoralConditionsCenturyIgnorancePleaseHopelessBetrayUrbanHollowTwentieth CenturyMockeryMoral ResponsibilityCommon Life Author:Mary Ritter Beard