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England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of read more
England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this
youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of
Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of
Switzerland.
- Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,
Whose service is perfect freedom.
Whose service is perfect freedom.
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where read more
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.
While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.