The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation the expansion of women's rights or now gay rights I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.

Whatever the immediate gains and losses the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted compassion for the needy and the sick or mercy for the child waiting to be born there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.

Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance options including non-bank lending. These new forms of finance are still small in scale today but they should over time bring additional choice and greater competition to the lending market.

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.

The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage so we get married.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

The more knowledge you have the greater will be your fear of Allah.

A family is a risky venture because the greater the love the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You and keep doing what you love. Do what you love and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

Ask those who love Him with a sincere love and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.

The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area and especially to Spain.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

The higher the artist the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools the greater the imagination. The greater the will the greater the secret failure.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Every adversity every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

So while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.

In order to succeed your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.