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“He slid his hands to the back of her neck, fumbling for the necklace’s clasp. He undid it and held the chain of rubies up, red and gold in the flickering candlelight. “No shackles for us,” he said,...”
“To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope of freedom, and are therefore able to do little else than struggle with t...”
“No nation's flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of misguided allegiance.”
“We can’t remain silent on gender rights and personal freedoms.”
“It all seemed a hollow sham now - that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she'd had enough of that; she wanted to live!”
“When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.”
“A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat”
“Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being.”
“Stop – Unplug – Escape – Enjoy.’ This is the message of the Priory, and the key to enjoying a peaceful and rewarding life.”
“We were enjoying one of those rare summers of utter freedom – no financial responsibility, no debts, no time owing to anybody.”
“Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.These things move within...”
“Nothing shows a greater contempt for individuality than the train. Modern civilization uses every possible means to develop individuality, and having done so, tries everything in its power to stamp...”
“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, butthe tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression.Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia,...”
“But, in making the sacrifices that the Government asks us to make, we are not protecting our freedom. We are giving away our freedom in exchange for a false sense of security.”
“More dangerous than bayonets and cannon are the weapons of the mind.”
“You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it.”
“That’s the worst part, that so many would not value their own unique abilities, not value themselves, much less respect those who have fought and died so that they could live free to make the choic...”
“If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.”
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.”
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
