True independence is not a gift to be received. It...

True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.

Y. C. James Yen

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.

Y. C. James Yen

True independence is not a ...