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A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the read more
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the read more
For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.
Ours is an abiding faith in the cause of human freedom. We know it is God's cause.
Ours is an abiding faith in the cause of human freedom. We know it is God's cause.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.
A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond read more
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human control. Compared to this stupendous mobilization of materials, of wealth, of human intellect, of human labor for the single goal of domination, all other recent human achievements pale to almost trivial significance. Our art, science, medicine, literature, music and "charitable" acts seem like mere droppings from a table on which gory feasts on the spoils of conquest have engaged the attention of a system whose appetite for rule is utterly unrestrained.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.
No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.