Favorite Quotations
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
You might as well expect the rivers to run backwards as that any man who was born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. ~Chief Joseph, An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope. ~ Winston Churchill We have confused the free with the free and easy. ~ Adlai Stevenson, Putting First Things First Karma is the eternal asertion of human freedom... Our thoughts, our words, and deeds are threads of the net we throw around ourselves. ~ Swami Vivekananda There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. ~ Eric Hoffer Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~ George Washington, Our Country's Presidents My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit. ~ Igor Stravinsky The greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace. ~ George W. Bush Every virtuous man is free. ~ Philo
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." ~ Thomas Jefferson