Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-12-30 Dec 30, 2004The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don’t agree with.~ Eleanor Holmes NortonA society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.~ Friedrich August von HayekFree inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right to organize opposition parties and to join voluntary associations, and freedom to cultivate and publish the fruits of scientific, philosophical, artistic, literary, moral and religious freedom.~ Paul Kurtz Dec 29, 2004I know of but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.~ Antoine De Saint-ExuperyEveryone has his own conscience, and there should be no rules about how a conscience should function.~ Ernest HemingwayTo prevent inquiry is among the worst of evils.~ Thomas Holcroft Dec 28, 2004Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.~ Anne Louise Germaine de StaelThe modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of the people.~ David EdwardsThe real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.~ Max Eastman Dec 27, 2004What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow; that is the whole Law: all the rest is interpretation.~ HillelYou must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. GandhiI cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete. Human unity is the fulfillment of diversity. It is the harmony of opposites. It is a many-stranded texture, with color and depth.~ Norman Cousins Dec 24, 2004And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.~ Jesus of NazarethWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.~ Jesus of NazarethPut up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.~ Jesus of Nazareth Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print