Adlai E. Stevenson II Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"My definition of a free society is a society
where it is safe to be unpopular."

by:	Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), U.S. presidential candidate (1952, 1956), U.N. Ambassador (1961-1965)
Source:	Speech, 1952
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Categories:	Freedom, Liberty, Politics, Society
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I like that -- Ben, Orem
Adlai speaks from experience here. -- cal, lewisville, tx
-- Mike, Norwalk
Very nice. (Too bad he didn't have more clout as a politician.) -- Laura, NY, NY
-- W, S
Unpopular means popular with the opposition. Unpopular with everyone isn't safe at all. ;-) -- Anonymous
The late Merrill Jenkins, Monetary Realist said "Freedom is the absence of legislation" also he said in 1979: :Our monetary system would not work if all of the world's bankers were not in collusion." You could see they were all in collusion in the fall of 2008, Too many fail to distinguish between money and wealth, Jenkins aaid: "Money expropriates wealth" 6 of his 7 books are free at: www.morpix.biz/x15 His first was "Money", The Greatest Hoax On Earth. I have a few copies, I knew him well. -- Dave Wilber, St. Louis
-- Anon
-- Abigail, n
I suppose that's apt for this blog -- RBESRQ
AMEN!!!! -- F. M. SWEENEY, Hamilton ON