(310 quotes found)
“I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
Voltaire
“I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it.”
“The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human nature cannot change you.”
Barrows Dunham
“Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.”
Soren Kierkegaard
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
“All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free”
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
Plato
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Goering
“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.”
Mahatma Gandhi
