Quotes About Values

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in objective values, we perish.

Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

Chinese people don't care about freedom, but they do care about justice.

We have to treasure our country, our freedom, the progress we've made, and if we see any of that threatened, we have to respond.

Our constitution enshrines the rule of law, freedom of worship and expression, we cherish these values too.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.

Primarily, Warsaw and Brussels share the central basic values of the EU: human dignity, democracy, and the religious freedom of every single human being. We believe in these values.

Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction that advances Canada's values: freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

We are exceptional not because of who we are but because of what we do and how we put the ideals of human dignity, individual freedom, and liberty under law into action.

Homo-voluntatis cannot explain why some things that can be done should not be done.

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality.

My hope for this country is that we remain a people who value freedom, who have the courage to face the realities with faithful hearts instead of anxious ones.

Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.

I could go on to speak of sanity as compared with insanity, decency as compared with vandalism, friendship as compared with rabies.

I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.]

ALL MEANINGFUL KNOWLEDGE IS FOR THE SAKE OF ACTION, AND ALL MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR THE SAKE OF FRIENDSHIP.

Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything.

Friendship is more important than truth.

To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it.