"Liberty is a need felt by a..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses.
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More on Liberty
“The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.”
“Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.”
“The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.”
More on Equality
“Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.”
“Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.”
“I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood.”