#dom

Pues nada ha sido nunca para un hombre o una sociedad humana más insoportable que la libertad. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#political-philosophy #freedom

The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there. ↗

— J. Christopher Herold

#liberty #napoleon #age

We Americans have the great gifts of freedom and democracy, but it has been our education system that has fulfilled the promise of democracy. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#democracy #education #freedom #fulfilled #gifts

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#decision #responsibility #tennis #wisdom #life

Eve: I don't understand this word..."Freedom." Does it mean...I do what I want? Sven: Yes. Eve: Then I wouldn't have to kill anymore? Sven: No more killing. ↗

— Kentaro Yabuki

#freedom

Sometimes the best gift you can give someone is the freedom to pursue their happiness. ↗

— S. K. Nicholls

#happiness #freedom

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#responsibility #freedom

As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie. ↗

— George A. Romero

#carry #ed #ed harris #great #harris

You’re allowed to feel whatever you want. - Jason Dorsey ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#freedom #freedom

Freedom is exhausting. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#freedom