#do

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided Republic purged of racism and slavery, to our descendants. The popgun discharges of a few pathetic sectarians and crackpot revisionists are negligible, and will be drowned by the mounting chorus that demands: 'Mr Jefferson! BUILD UP THAT WALL'. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#freedom-of-religion #religion #thomas-jefferson #freedom

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#freedom

It was tragic how life had sucked her down to the bones, all her spontaneity her laughter and freedom had vanished. I knew then that I didn't ever want to be like that. Whatever happened, life was something too precious to give up on so easily. ↗

— Belinda Jeffrey

#give-up #laughter #life #precious #spontaneity

Corporations are not legal “persons” with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore control. ↗

— Kalle Lasn

#democracy #freedom

You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth, Author ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#freedom

Surely the freedom of women must mean more to us than the freedom of pimps. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#freedom #prostitution #freedom

[E]thical principles stand above the existence of the nation and that by adhering to these principles an individual belongs to the community of all those who share, who have shared, and who will share this belief. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#freedom #nazism #freedom

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity ↗

— Jacqueline Novogratz

#insecurity #international-development #poverty #freedom

La libertad es poder decir libremente que dos y dos son cuatro. Si se concede esto, todo lo demás vendrá por sus pasos contados. ↗

— George Orwell

#freedom

I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me . . . just like everyone else. ↗

— Laura Bickle

#freedom #laine-s-fave #freedom