#lib

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. ↗

— Ignazio Silone

#artistic #authority #doubting #even #experimenting

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie. ↗

— Nate Silver

#amount #cat #collection #congress #data

The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#liberal #merely #mind #nourishes #practical

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#class #could #count #developed #factor

I'm not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I'm just a kid from Mississippi. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#elite #example #for example #i #just

I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#his #i #i think #liberty #man

They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened. ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

#constitution #institutions #integrity #laws #liberty

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks. ↗

— Tony Snow

#ability #authority #enterprise #every #flow

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster. ↗

— Tony Snow

#governing #proper #rule #senate #uses

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ↗

— Tony Snow

#believe #blessings #called #depend #destiny