Plato Quotes
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Quotes to Explore
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
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These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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Proficiency in a craft is essential to every artist. Therein lies the prime source of creative imagination. Let us then create a new guild of craftsmen without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist!
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There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
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Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.
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Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.
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Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
