“My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” — John F. Kennedy Source: from his inaugural address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
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John F. Kennedy Quote
“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.” — John F. Kennedy Source: from his inaugural address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy Quote
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” — John F. Kennedy Source: from his inaugural address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
John F. Kennedy Quote
“We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end as well as a beginning—signifying renewal as well as change.” — John F. Kennedy Source: from his inaugural address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
Nelson Mandela Quote
“Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.” — Nelson Mandela Source: from an essay written in Pollsmoor Prison, Cape Town, South Africa and delivered by his daughter Zinzi Mandela in Soweto, February 10, 1985
Nelson Mandela Quote
“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.” — Nelson Mandela Source: from an essay written in Pollsmoor Prison, Cape Town, South Africa and delivered by his daughter Zinzi Mandela in Soweto, February 10, 1985
Nelson Mandela Quote
“A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.” — Nelson Mandela Source: 1994 book Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Ch. 110
Nelson Mandela Quote
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela Source: 1994 book Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Ch. 110
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
“We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall; — Equal on Sunday in the pew, On Monday in the mall. For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Source: from the 1873 poem Boston, written for the centennial of the… Continue reading Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Martin Luther King Quote
“From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be… Continue reading Martin Luther King Quote