I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong..
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at ….
The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within..
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right..
The people who, in order to enjoy the liberty which suites them, resort to the representative system, must exercise an active and constant surveillan….
The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same..
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously..
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who l….
Only the ideas that we really live have any value..
Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment..
Fish love the ocean. Snakes move like earth-fish inside a mountain,well away from seawater. Certain sunfish,though,turn snakes into ocean lovers..
Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his….
The place where I had freedom most was when I painted. I was completely and utterly myself..
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty.
As free as you allow others to be, such freedom you create for yourself..
The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation..
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting..
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of g….
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves large….
There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the ….
Where there is no freedom there can be no morality..