“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington, 1st President of the United States Source Reference Freedom Quotes

“Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Source Reference Constitution Quotes

“Finally, the church in its constitutional documents fully recognizes that the love of gays and lesbian couples is worth celebrating in the faith community.” Rev. Brian Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, after the Presbyterian Church revised…

“Tear to pieces the Stars and Stripes.” Kim Jong-un, Dictator of North Korea in a reference to the American flag while telling his military to train so they would be able to destroy the “citadels” of America. Source Reference ‘Tear…

“We are, I think today, calling into question even our fundamental values, like freedom, freedom of democracy, prosperity and, for sure, the political order.” Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and former Polish Prime Minister in a speech with…

“It’s a kind of model… “Perhaps it will inspire other leaders to also have the courage to look for the path of dialogue and encounter.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, speaking of way in which the pope and…

“Mr President, it’s time to go full speed ahead with your executive action.” Raul Reyes, in USAToday, urging US President Barack Obama to bypass congress and the constitution on immigration. Source Reference “Obama, ignore GOP threats on immigration”

“I’d like to be an equal citizen in my own country.” Leo Varadkar, openly gay Health Minister of Ireland saying he’d like Ireland’s May 2015 referendum on same-sex marriage to pass. Varadkar thinks same-sex marriage is necessary for him to…

“Germany is exercising an almost solitary power.” Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister of Italy, writing in an Italian newspaper. Source Reference Britain’s EU retreat means German hegemony warns Prodi

“It is simply unthinkable that the EU can survive as a reconstituted Holy Roman Empire governed from Berlin,” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, writing in the Telegraph, explaining that Germany has almost solitary control of the European Union. Source Reference Britain’s EU retreat…

“I’d do it again in a minute.” Dick Cheny, former Vice President of the United States, on whether he would again authorize the CIA interrogation methods condemned in a new US Senate report saying they were brutal and ineffective. Source…

“Marriage equality is an idea whose time has come.” Eric Holder, US Attorney General in an op-ed for USAToday in support of same-sex marriage. Source Reference Eric Holder: Taking the side of equality