Nelson Mandela on liberty
Nelson Mandela94 quotes“Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors”
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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan The enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the supreme goal and abiding practice of any western society.
Robert KennedyRobert Kennedy Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Love is our greatest liberation.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
Pope Leo XIIIPope Leo XIII Maturity and experience are part of my liberation.
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