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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest read more
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too read more
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to read more
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights read more
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
The cowards never started -- and the weak died along the way.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to read more
We need to guarantee equal rights and civil rights and say that, here in America, workers have the right to organize - women have the right to choose - and justice belongs to everyone regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
Cowardice ... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.