“I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred – that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt.” Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1814-1896) Abolitionist author Source Reference Harriet Beecher Stowe Quote

“I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves.” Harriet Tubman, [Araminta Ross] (c.1820-1913) African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the U.S. Civil War. After escaping from captivity, she made…

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Jesus of Nazareth, (c.4 BC – c.AD 30/33) Holy Bible, John 8:32. Source Reference Famous Jesus of Nazareth Quote

“The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market economy nor even general abundance constitutes the crowning achievement of human life. If a nation’s…

“Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.” Lord Acton, [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham Lord Acton, Selected Writings of Lord Acton:…

“A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class…

“Religious liberty is the chief cornerstone of the American system of government, and provisions for its security are embedded in the written charter and interwoven in the moral fabric of its laws. Anything that tends to invade a right so…

“In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” Galileo Galilei, Astronomer (1564 – 1642). Source Reference Galileo Galilei Quote

“Politics must be the battle of the principles… the principle of liberty against the principle of force.” Auberon Herbert, (1838-1906) English author. Source Reference Auberon Herbert Quote

“The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.” Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, (1812- 1870). Source: From the Other Shore, 1849. Source Reference Alexander Ivanovich Herzen Quote

“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father Source: Benjamin Franklin, in the Poor Richard’s Almanack of 1738. Source Reference Benjamin Franklin Quote

“The successful politician owes his power to the fact that he moves within the accepted framework of thought, that he thinks and talks conventionally. It would be almost a contradiction in terms for a politician to be a leader in…