It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.
More Quotes from Dorothy Thompson:
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom for activities of private persons and groups who often identify their own interests, essentially selfish, with the general welfare.Dorothy Thompson
They put us up in a hotel and told us we can only stay up to three days. That was it,
Dorothy Thompson
The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
Dorothy Thompson
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.
Dorothy Thompson
Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?
Dorothy Thompson
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
Dorothy Thompson
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