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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards...

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance...

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance...

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can...