Power concedes nothing without
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Franklin D. Roosevelt
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt
For America today organic architecture interprets (will eventually build) this local embodiment of human freedom. This natural architecture seeks spaciousness, grace and openness; lightness and strength so completely balanced and logical that it is a new integrity. Frank Lloyd Wright
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority. It is the one guaranty of human freedom to the American people. Frank I. Cobb
Commitment is the ultimate assertion of human freedom. It releases all the energy you possess and enables you to take quantum leaps in creativity. When you set a one-pointed intention and absolutely refuse to allow obstacles to dissipate the focused quality of your attention, you engage the infinite organizing power of the universe. Deepak Chopra
[A] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in theft. David Graeber
Is he a dread genetic determinist, or a dread environmental determinist? He is neither, of course, for both these species of bogeyman are as mythical as werewolves. By increasing the information we have about the various causes of the constraints that limit our current opportunities, he has increased our powers to avoid what we want … Read more
Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species – us. Daniel Dennett
Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom. Dalai Lama