Freedom

“Where all think alike, no one thinks much.” ~~   Walter Lippman

Filed under: Attitude,  Freedom,  Walter Lippman

“Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.” ~~ Barack Obama

Filed under: Attitude,  Barack Obama,  Freedom,  Leadership

“The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain.” ~~ Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

“All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.” ~~ John F. Kennedy

Filed under: Freedom,  John F. Kennedy,  Talent

“Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? ” ~~ Francis Scott Key

Filed under: Francis Scott Key,  Freedom

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.” ~~ Mahatma Gandhi

Filed under: Freedom,  Mahatma Gandhi

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” ~~ John Adams

Filed under: Children,  Education,  Freedom,  John Adams

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,it’s the only thing that ever has.” ~~   Margaret Mead

Filed under: Belief,  Change,  Determination,  Dreams,  Experience,  Freedom,  Love,  Margaret Mead

“If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness.” ~~ Carl Rogers

Filed under: Carl Rogers,  Freedom,  Knowledge,  Learning

“I long to hear that you have declared independence — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” ~~ Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776

Filed under: Abigail Adams,  Freedom