#freed

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#politics #society #freedom

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the very extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#freedom #philosophy #freedom

Believe me,' [...] 'I would know about it. That's the difference between me and your girlfriend. I am the jealous type. I am the Spanish Inquisition when it comes to being fucked around on. No quarter will be given. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#girlfriend #jealousy #freedom

We've focused so long on ideals of freedom that it is this very belief that oppresses us. We all want to be free, yet we find ways to forfeit liberty to our own impulses, to our own consumption. ↗

— As I Lay Dying

#freedom

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#freedom #important #important issue #issue #most

La libertad se ejerce ↗

— Manuel Rodriguez Diaz

#inspitational #freedom

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read. ↗

— Albert Maltz

#body #fact #freedom #himself #humankind

The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#freedom from #humiliation #love #opposed #root

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#freedom #lost #never #realize #really

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#convincing #danger #degree #freedom #grave