Quotes About Progress

The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.

I think that not being perfect has given me the freedom to keep getting better.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

Compared to 10 years ago the primary motivation for defection has gone from food, to freedom.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal

If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.

The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.

Adversity is a call to action, and your freedom lies in taking the first step. Don't worry about the entire staircase, just take one step, and then tomorrow take another.

Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.

Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom to all.

I celebrate teaching that enables transgressions - a movement against and beyond boundaries. It is that movement which makes education the practice of freedom.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.