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Courageous Quotes — page 39 of 1106
“I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.”
“Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.”
“You can't pussyfoot around. When you're talking to lions, you can't meow like a pussycat.”
“I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.”
“People will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like.”
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
“Our American heritage is threatened as much by our own indifference as it is by the most unscrupulous office or by the most powerful foreign threat. The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”
“Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.”
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.”
“The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.”
“Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.”
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. I have here stated my purpose according to my official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.”
“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
“The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.”
“Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.”
“I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.”
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”