#fr

man is free, in so far as he has the power of contradicting himself and his essential nature. Man is free even from his freedom; that is, he can surrender his humanity ↗

— Paul Tillich

#freedom #freedom

There are no means of finding what either one person or many can do, but by trying - and no means by which anyone else can discover for them what it is for their happiness to do or leave undone ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#inspirational #john-stuart-mill #truth #freedom

The Red Sox are a curious thing because so much here is media driven. You can't go fire half your scouts here because they are all friends with the local reporters. Your life is going to hell in the papers. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#curious #driven #fire #friends #go

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#always #ancient #capitalist #capitalist society #freedom

This “freedom” put a proud people in chains And turned free men into slaves “Independence” made us weak And slaughtered us In the name of kindness This is democracy by the whip And the fear of chains With a whirlwind at its core ↗

— Abdul Salam Zaeef

#freedom

In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we've done, and they will say 'do not despair, do not yield...march straightforward. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#perseverance #freedom

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#politics #society #freedom

My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#brother #deal #energy #frustrated #great

All women should feel as Sex Subjects if they want and choose so without fear of repressions, condemnations and put down and without the need to pay them for that. Being freely a sexy and seductive woman is allowed only for few privileged professions: actresses, dancers, models, singers, prostitutes. They all do it for work. You can pay for them being sexy. If a sexy woman is openly adored by a man, the woman remains as a woman, she is not turning into a table, a cup or a bill of money. She is still the Subject who knows her power. ↗

— Mai Loog

#erotica-romance #feel-good #friendship-and-love #urban #friendship

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag. ↗

— David Letterman

#before #consider #demanding #evidence #example