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“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things...”
“1000 mile road begins with a single step, the freedom road begins with a scream that fires the battle, and the greatness road begins with a question that fires the spark of the change.”
“It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.”
“He tried to shape in his mind what he had to say to McDonald. It was a feeling; it was an urge that he had to speak. But whatever he spoke he knew would be but another name for the wildness that he...”
“To him, freedom was greater than love. She hated that. Because she had always thought that love was freedom.”
“Is It Frightening To Be Free?""You said it.""You Say To People 'Throw Off Your Chains' And They Make New Chains For Themselves?""Seems to be a major human activity, yes.”
“Fear has become normal and is covered by the idea of “patriotism”.”
“When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.”
“Like it! Yes—the way I'd like a hot stove if I was to set on it long enough. No, Tom, I won't be rich, and I won't live in them cussed smothery houses. I like the woods, and the river, and hogshead...”
“I would never forbid you. I can’t forbid you. It’s not in my power to, and it never should be.”
“I am done with the monster of "We," the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame.And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought...”
“We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it.”
“It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the j...”
“When you are young and strong...you can stay alive on your hatred"....but realized later "They can take everything from me except my mind and heart"Nelson Mandela from Long Walk to Freedom”
“The goal of libertarianism is not to permit people to be free, but to make them realize that they don't need anyone's permission to be free.”
“To claim that one can be happy without being free is to prove that one has no idea what happiness means.”
“A slave believes that the law should define the scope of liberty. A free person believes that liberty should define the scope of the law.”
“There are people who think they can dance out of slavery. “I’m going to do escapist drugs and hop from one party or festival to another. I will dance my out of the harsh realities of Planet Earth”
“It is also interesting to observe that communal ownership violates every instinct of human nature. It destroys initiative, nullifies free agency, suppresses inventive exploration, minimizes the dig...”
“You do not know what will happen if you take down the walls; you cannot see through to the other side, don't know whether it will bring freedom or ruin, resolution or chaos. It might be paradise or...”
