William H. Wharton Quotes

Empire and liberty.

You will be emancipated from tyranny and oppression …

I have some fears for our South American brethren; the qualifications for self-government are not innate. They are the result of habit and long training, and for these they will require time and probably much suffering.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves of the German and Italian financial oligarchy as they never wanted to become reconciled to the semi-colonial dependence imposed on them by the so-called Western democracies after the first imperialist war

When I consider the objections put forward to the grant of self-government I can hardly keep my patience. What is it that they say? They say that we are not educated enough to get self-government. My answer is: whose fault is it? For the last 150 years you have been governing this country and yet you have not succeeded in educating the people of this country to such an extent that they may be fit for governing themselves.

The thing which he proposes to buy is what cannot be sold—liberty. He proposes to you to substitute the British Parliament in your place …. Against such a body, were I expiring on the floor, I should beg to utter my last breath and record my dying testimony.

Belize is not ready for self-government.

This is the 21st century, and you cannot hold a nation captive against their will.

NATO cannot accept that the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine has not led to the subjugation of the whole Ukrainian nation.

I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

It will be a war of national liberation. We believe the people reject totalitarianism.

As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation.

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and give real freedom to the races within China. If the foundations of democracy are secure, then true equality can be achieved.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.

When liberty returns, I will return.