"My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success."
-Herbert Read
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"To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.“
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"My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success."
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"The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason."
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"It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one."
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"What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos."
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"I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration."
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"Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society."
-Delphine de Girardin
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"Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do."
-Ingrid Newkirk
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"What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?"
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"If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom."
-William Lyon Mackenzie King
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"We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values."
-Steve Forbes
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"The main thing I believe in is freedom."
-Charles Evers
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