Liberals are not unconcerned with economic liberty, but they have come to believe that the common good requires that social justice be given a higher priority than absolute economic freedom.

Quote by Robert S McElvaine

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Injustice Quotes, Justice Quotes, Liberals Quotes

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to...

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they...

Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path...

Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path...

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to...

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to...

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.

No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky.

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Freedom comes when you learn to let go. Creation comes when you learn to say...

Freedom comes when you learn to let go. Creation comes when you learn to say...

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a...

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a...

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger...

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger...