Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
G.K. ChestertonTag: freedom rules laws personal-autonomy responsibilities
Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must.
Neil GaimanTag: rules responsibilities
It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.
Haruki MurakamiTag: imagination dreams responsibilities
A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.
Nick HarkawayTag: truth power democracy freedom-of-speech anonymity privacy rights responsibilities
...pointed out that the corporation enjoys the same rights as a living person under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. This concept was upheld in 1886 by the Supreme Court in 'Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company' and has been a fact of law ever since. I emphasized to those executives that the corporation should also be required to accept the same responsibilities as those expected of a person; it too should be a good citizen, an honorable, ethical member of the community. In the case of international corporations, that community has to be defined as the world.
John PerkinsTag: corporations responsibilities supreme-court citizens
Humans have too many rights and not enough responsibilities.
-Aras
Tag: rights responsibilities wess-har aras
With great abilities come great responsibilities; great power comes with great assignments.
With great age comes great reasoning; great actions come great experience.
With great battles come great victories; great trees come with great tap roots.
However, if a little faith can move great mountains, what then will a great faith do? Mysterious things... I guess
Tag: age experience power faith victory action responsibility actions mystery old-age reasoning mountains tree abilities mysterious battles responsibilities ability root big assignment much great-power big-dreams capabilities assignments geat-actions great-battles great-experience great-faith great-gifts great-great-things-great-things great-tap-roots great-trees great-victory little-faith move-mountains tap-roots to-whom-much-is-given
When you arrive in the afterlife, you find that Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley sits on a throne. She is cared for and protected by a covey of angels.
After some questioning, you find out that God's favorite book is Shelley's Frankenstein. He sits up at night with a worn copy of the book clutched in his mighty hands, alternately reading the book and staring reflectively at the night sky.
Tag: mistakes monsters responsibilities
Knowing your responsibilities doesn't make you mature but acting up on it does.
Caroline de LeonTag: priorities maturity responsibilities
You are your own cannoe and you are your own paddle, so paddle your own cannoe. Society had taught us to give away our power and abilities by making us to believe that other people are responsible for our success and failure. That is not fair!
Israelmore AyivorTag: success power society people self believe responsibility failure food-for-thought abilities fair you capability unfair responsibilities responsible dunamis israelmore-ayivor dunamis-power cannoe give-away paddle paddle-your-own-cannoe
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