“ Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice. ”
- Peter Benenson- Copy
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“ We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ There are two freedoms — the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. ”
- Charles Kingsley- Copy
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“ Nothing is more precious than time, and those who misspend it are the greatest of all prodigals. ”
- Theophrastus- Copy
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“ We are here today to pay tribute to all the soldiers who risked their lives to defend freedom, even though they did not enjoy those freedoms back home. ”
- Frank Smith- Copy
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“ In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
- 21
“ We frequently do good in order to enable us to do evil later with impunity exemption of punishment. ”
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld- Copy
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“ In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
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“ I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. ”
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry- Copy
- 245
“ A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take away from you. ”
- Ramsey Clark- Copy
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“ No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ It is a great mistake to follow the exception, instead of the rule; we must show ourselves as strict, and opposed to the exception; yet, as there are exceptions to every rule, we must decide with strictness, though with justice. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
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“ Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not in exemption from, suffering. ”
- Francois de Salignac Fenelon- Copy
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“ Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination. ”
- Immanuel Kant- Copy
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