#freed

Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#inspirational #literature #freedom

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#government #politics #freedom

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#hunger #thirst #yearning #freedom

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. ↗

— Bob Marley

#independent-thought #self-reliance #song-lyrics #freedom

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#madman #madness #safety #freedom

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#freedom #freedom

Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#freedom

Dare to think for yourself. ↗

— Voltaire

#freedom

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#censorship #freedom #libraries #reading #thought

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. [Misattributed] ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#misattributed #freedom