.. Insidious is the cry for 'revolution,' at a time when not even the germs of new institutions exist, let alone the moral and political consciousness that could lead to a basic modification of social life. If there will be a 'revolution' in America today, it will no doubt be a move towards some variety of fascism. We must guard against the kind of revolutionary rhetoric that would have had Karl Marx burn down the British Museum because it was merely part of a repressive society. It would be criminal to overlook the serious flaws and inadequacies in our institutions, or to fail to utilize the substantial degree of freedom that most of us enjoy, within the framework of these flawed institutions, to modify them or even replace them by a better social order. One who pays some attention to history will not be surprised if those who cry most loudly that we must smash and destroy are later found among the administrators of some new system of repression.
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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
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The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
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Liberation is not deliverance.
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
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Conformity is the enemy of thought and the jailer of freedom.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitides and values which shape the course of a nation's development. A revolution whichaims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success. Without a revolution in spirit, the forces which had produced inequities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration. It is not enough merely to call for freedom, democracy and human rights. There has to be a united determination to persevere in the struggle, to make sacrifices in the name of enduring truths, to resist the corrupting influences of desire, ill will, ignorance, and fear.
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Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.
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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
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People demand freedom only when they have no power.
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He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.
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A country can get more real joy out of just hollering for their freedom than they can if they get it.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
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Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by inexperienced or mal-experienced dupes; our power wielded by cowards and weaklings; and our honour false in all its points. I am an enemy of the existing order for good reasons.
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This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.
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There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige (defining it as respect or es
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To be free is to have achieved your life.
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The freedom to move forward to new opportunities and to produce results comes from living in the present not the past
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There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action
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