“Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 49 of 1106
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.”
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong”
“So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?”
“Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls.”
“Patience and fortitude conquer all things.”
“God has not always answered my prayers. If He had, I would have married the wrong man -- several times!”
“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.”
“People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. He who conquers others is strong, he who conquers himself is mighty.”
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
“To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.”
“Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.”
“People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their security... How can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free?”
“Power must never be trusted without a check.”
“These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!”
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”
“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
“If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
“The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public.”
“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.”