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ourlongroad
03-03-2009, 10:53 AM
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

- George Orwell
Uncle Emanuel Watkins
03-03-2009, 10:59 AM
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

- George Orwell

Liberty for the sake of liberty is no better than no liberty whatsoever -- Uncle Emanuel Watkins
Truth Warrior
03-04-2009, 04:11 AM
"Freedom is the right to BE wrong and NOT the right to DO wrong."
Truth Warrior
03-04-2009, 04:15 AM
Liberty for the sake of liberty is no better than no liberty whatsoever -- Uncle Emanuel Watkins

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lord_acton.html)
Mini-Me
03-04-2009, 04:43 AM
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lord_acton.html)


Thank you. Sometimes I simply have no idea what the forum's "crazy uncle" is thinking. In any case, for someone with a title of nobility, Lord Acton seems like he was a pretty cool guy.
Truth Warrior
03-04-2009, 05:52 AM
Thank you. Sometimes I simply have no idea what the forum's "crazy uncle" is thinking. In any case, for someone with a title of nobility, Lord Acton seems like he was a pretty cool guy. Yep, I agree. ;) Well, ya see he took this class in college, because the one he really wanted was full, and it had a lasting and profound effect on him. :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton)


"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." -- Lord Acton
ourlongroad
03-05-2009, 12:00 PM
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lord_acton.html)

I like this quote, thx.
MsDoodahs
03-05-2009, 12:06 PM
Freedom is the right to be left alone.

:)
Truth Warrior
03-05-2009, 12:17 PM
I like this quote, thx. I'm glad you like it TOO. ;) Welcome! :)