It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives

Quote by Dorothy Thompson

Topics: Liberty Quotes

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing...

Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing...

Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington...

Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington...

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised...

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised...

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are...

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it...

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it...

Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in...

Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in...

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the...

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the...

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness.

To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.

To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.

The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to...

The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to...

The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.

The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved...

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved...

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better...

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better...

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

It's a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been...

It's a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...