freedom Quotes

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.

Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the absence of U.N. authorization - that is, for taking a stand rather like that of 70 percent of Americans, who called for the U.N. to take the leading role in Iraq.

In much of the world, there is a sense of an ultra-powerful CIA manipulating everything that happens, such as running the Arab Spring, running the Pakistani Taliban, etc. That is just nonsense.

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

Rendition is just sending people abroad to be tortured.

The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert.

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free.