Quotes About Values

It seems hopeless, hopeless. Those who eat meat [at public expense] are a mean, selfish lot, and so the country is doomed. Our only hope lies in the grass-roots folk who eat our traditional food.

Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.

She lived frugally, but her meals were the only things on which she deliberately spent her money. She never compromised on the quality of her groceries, and drank only good-quality wines.

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I would take it. But I don't study any more,- I have given it up.

They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.

Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.

I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.

I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.

Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

Without freedom there can be no morality.

Freedom without virtue isn't freedom - it will eventually destroy a society.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.

To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.

The journey to freedom is paved by the substance of our character.

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words.