We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true correct and of honor - no matter the personal price.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality which exists in all parts of the world unfortunately.
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech and which by imposing the most terrible punishments treats each and every attempt at criticism however morally justified and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason is a state that breaks an unwritten law.
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain which is the positive element of life.
The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils to surrender to them our freedom in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which we hope other will share with us.
Ultimately America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
We the People recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights that our destinies are bound together that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me a freedom without a commitment to others a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism is unworthy of our founding ideals and those who died in their defense.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road don't expect freedom to survive very long.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us but is always the result of a good conscience good health occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
These subsidies from four European governments which include aircraft launch assistance capital injections debt forgiveness have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience or whether that's even possible interested me.
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.