"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Inspirational Quotes #Freedom Quotes #Gun Quotes

“How often are the perpetrators of hate-crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.”

Source : "Don’t End the War on Terror" by Harvey Fierstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2013.
“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”
“The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.”
“Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.”
“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?”

Source : Leonard Cohen (2011). “Beautiful Losers”, p.56, Vintage
“I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty!”
“That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realized it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is out chance to chose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it.”

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