Frank Murphy Quotes

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.

I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity.

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

Where nationalism is the main issue, the demand for democracy always takes second place.

Spiritual freedom is the root of political liberty… because till spiritual freedom was made manifest, political liberty did not exist.

If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.

A lot of people want to see a last fight, but I am now engaged in a different fight - one that is much harder, much more vicious, and much more important to me. I am fighting for democracy and fighting for Ukraine.

Our country was founded on protest. If it was just shut up and honor your country no matter what, we'd still be flying the Union Jack. That's not what our founding fathers did. They didn't like what was going on, and they broke away and formed their own country.

Self-determination means the political and economic status of Hong Kong should be freely determined by the Hong Kong people.

We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.

Democracy's my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba - free ideas, freedom religion belief.

The ideas of ancient Greece helped inspire America's founding fathers as they reached for democracy. Our revolutionary ideas helped inspire Greeks as they sought their own freedom.

Getting involved in politics was a quest for freedom.

Democracy is a babel of competing propagandas.