#freed

As a very young person, I was ready and willing to explore and try new things, unhampered by the daily routines that adults so often feel obligated to adhere to. ↗

— K. Martin Beckner

#freedom #obligations #youth #freedom

If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them." [Freedom of the Park, Tribune, 7 December 1945] ↗

— George Orwell

#freedom #freedom-of-speech #liberty #minorities #persecution

He who frees a bird from its cage is surely a holy person! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#freedom

My destiny plays with me in such a way I feel I play with my destiny. ↗

— Vivake Pathak

#destiny #determinism #fate #free-will #freedom

Bird leaves the land to enjoy the freedom; man leaves his thoughts to enjoy the silence. Meditation is man’s flying to the land of silence. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#freedom

It makes a difference, doesn’t it, whether we fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?’ ‘Fences are fences, especially when they are in the same place. ↗

— A Room With a View

#fence #freedom #ristrictions #freedom

So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC. ↗

— Julian Assange

#politics #russia #us #freedom

Pasaulis niekada neatrodo toks gražus, kaip tą akimirką, kaii jį paliekame, kai jums atima laisvę ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#life #lithuanian #freedom

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer—I am merely a word criminal. ↗

— Murong Xuecun

#literature #freedom

The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won't be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom. ↗

— Bernie Sanders

#freedom