ALL People Deserve Freedom

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Uncharted Territory

Take Action About Things That Matter

No Need to Conform

The Freedom of Others
      

 

Grant Freedom to All People

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Uncharted Territory

Take Action About Things That Matter

No Need to Conform

The Freedom of Others
      

Commit to the Freedom of Others

 

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Uncharted Territory

Take Action About Things That Matter

No Need to Conform

The Freedom of Others
      

American Independence Day 2021

 

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Uncharted Territory

Take Action About Things That Matter

No Need to Conform

The Freedom of Others
      

Independence Day 2020

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Uncharted Territory

Take Action About Things That Matter

No Need to Conform

The Freedom of Others
      

Yes, Make the Effort -- Do Small Things with Great Love

We hear two voices calling us,
one saying, "Why not?"
and the other, "Why bother?"
- Sydney J. Harris

We can do no great things,
only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
- Edmund Burke

Righteousness does not speak in the powerful voices blaring from your television.
Righteousness speaks in a small quiet voice from deep within your own soul.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Small Quiet Voice

Really Listen

Trust Your Own Advice

Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
      

Independence Day 2019

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States)
[Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
- Nelson Mandela

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Take Action About Things That Matter

The Freedom of Others

No Need to Conform

Uncharted Territory
      

Do What You Can

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
- John Burroughs

Always do the best you can,
and everything else will take care of itself.
Focus your energies on doing what you can
rather than worrying about what you can't.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Simply Do Your Best

Take Action on Things That Matter

DO IT

You Are What You Do
     

Yes, It's Worth the Bother

We hear two voices calling us,
one saying, "Why not?"
and the other, "Why bother?"
- Sydney J. Harris

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
- Edmund Burke

We can do no great things,
only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa 

Righteousness does not speak in the powerful voices blaring from your television.
Righteousness speaks in a small quiet voice from deep within your own soul.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Small Quiet Voice

Trust Your Own Advice

Really Listen

Is That All There Is - Peggy Lee
      

Independence Day 2017

How far you can go without destroying from within
what you are trying to defend from without?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

The end does NOT justify the means.
Freedom cannot be gained by sacrificing the freedom of others.
Free speech cannot be gained by limiting the free speech of others.
Human rights cannot be secured by trampling the human rights of others.
Viciousness in others cannot be fought by becoming vicious oneself.
Neither individual nor nation can long survive by meeting hatred with hatred,
injustice with injustice, prejudice with prejudice.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Further reading: The Freedom of Others

Take Action About Things That Matter

Personal Freedom

Independence - Freedom - Liberty
     

Do As Much As You Can, That's Enough

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing
because he could do only a little.
- Edmund Burke

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive.
The great opportunity is where you are.
- John Burroughs

We can do no great things,
only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa 

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Always do the best you can,
and everything else will take care of itself.
Focus your energies on doing what you can
rather than worrying about what you can't.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Take Action on Things That Matter

You Are What You Do

Simply Do Your Best

DO IT
    

Independence Day 2016

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence]

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

They who can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Your Own Trail

Taking Action About Things That Matter

Presidential Quotes

The Price of Standing for Something Important
   

Independence Day - July 4th

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence]

They who can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

Further reading: Taking Action About Things That Matter

The Price of Standing for Something Important

Blaze Your Own Trail

A Different Drummer

Choose to Soar

Independence - Liberty - Freedom

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence]

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
- Emma Lazarus - written on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor

They who can give up essential liberty
to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands
is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Gandhi

Independence of nation begins with independence of self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Moment of Choice

A Different Drummer

Personal Transformation

At all times and under all circumstances,
we have the power to transform the quality of our lives.
- Werner Erhard

Personal transformation can and does have global effects.
As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us.
The revolution that will save the world
is ultimately a personal one.
- Marianne Williamson

The most important of all revolutions,
a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.
- Edmund Burke

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.
- Toni Cade Bambara

Transformation in the world happens when people are
healed and start investing in other people.
- Michael W. Smith

Further reading: What is Transformation?

The Power of Transformation

A Great Future

Personal Growth

Inner Strength

Quality

Independence - Freedom - Liberty

Have a joyful American Independence Day.

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

Those who won our independence...
valued liberty as an end and as a means.
They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness
and courage to be the secret of liberty.
- Louis D. Brandeis

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some,
are chiefly to be found in democracy,
they will be best attained when all persons alike share
in government to the utmost.
- Aristotle

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Further reading: What is Honor? Is there a place for Honor today?

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Liberty

Independence

Freedom

Gratitude

Respect

Thomas Jefferson

Personal Values

Say NO to the demands of the world. Say YES to the longings of your own heart. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama If I try to be like him, who will be like me? - Yiddish proverb Further reading: Honoring Yourself Tending the Garden of Our Lives Life Purpose - another look

Freedom

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

Have a joyful American Independence Day.

Further reading: What is Honor? Is there a place for Honor today?

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Celebration

How to Share Your Thoughts With the World

Freedom Quotes

Gratitude Quotes

Respect Quotes

Presidential Quotes

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Bold and Courageous Action

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke

Do you want to know who you are?
Don't ask. Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
- Thomas Jefferson

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.
- William Arthur Ward

Live a Life of Bold and Courageous Action
Inspired by Powerful Dreams.
- jlh

Further reading: Success Tip: Drive Change

Action

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Follow Your Dreams Quotes

Quotes about Change

Quotes about Choice

Amazing Quotes

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for enough good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

 Most of us love, to be sure. Yet far too often our love is passive. We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives. - Marianne Williamson 

 You ARE what you do - and what you fail to do. - jlh 

 Further reading: ACTION - the sixth Point of Simply An Inspired Life 

  Be optimistic, dream and take action 

  A life of happiness requires a plan and it requires action