Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means and how it behaves in a time of danger war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.
And why do we who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech allow people to go to prison and be vilified and magazines to be closed down on the spot for suggesting another version of history.
People demand freedom only when they have no power.
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought they demand freedom of speech.
I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.