Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [141-160] of 220 Courage quotesCourage QuotesCourage Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes There will be no prison which can hold our movement down... The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.~ Huey P. Newton When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves, there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone.~ George O'Neil Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.~ John Osborne Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.~ Ovid These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.~ Thomas Paine What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.~ Thomas Paine But if you say, you can still pass the violations over, then I ask, hath your house been burnt? Hath your property been destroyed before your face? Are your wife and children destitute of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? If you have not, then you are not a judge of those who have. But if you have, and can still shake hands with the murderers, then you are unworthy of the name of husband, father, friend, or lover, and whatever may be your rank or title in life, you have the heart of a coward and the spirit of a sycophant.~ Thomas Paine From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.~ Thomas Paine Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.~ Thomas Paine I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.~ St. Paul Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis, hoping to gain some measure of security. Yet nothing would please terrorists more than if we willingly gave up our cherished liberties because of their actions.~ Dr. Ron Paul Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self esteem. If you need encouragement, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.~ Fritz Perls We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.~ Sir Karl Popper An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.~ Proverb An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.~ Joseph Pulitzer Under God we are determined that, wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever, we shall be called upon to make our exit, we will die freemen.~ Josiah Quincy, Jr. The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.~ John Randolph No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.~ Ronald Reagan Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print