#free society

In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#also #assets #countries #denying #enjoying

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#democratic #equal #free #free society #harmony

A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. ↗

— Rand Paul

#allowing #based #color #discrimination #even

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card. ↗

— Ron Paul

#absolutely #am #card #contradiction #free

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. ↗

— Ron Paul

#esteem #free #free society #held #highest

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#biggest #censor #danger #enemy #free

I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#being #believe #chinese #chinese people #controlled

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#free #free society #living #only #right

Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#fear #free #free society #her #his

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#build #compromise #doubt #focusing #free