#dom

leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#liberty #love #freedom

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom. ↗

— Mary Robinson

#free #freedom #man #may #potential

It's so important to find a daily practice that takes you away from "day to day" to remind you that it's all "ok ↗

— Ian Tucker

#happiness #peace #reiki #freedom

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