#freedom

But there was a monster lurking in the deepest, blackest corners of his soul. An angry, slathering, vengeful beast, who had a mouth full of butcher knives and a tongue that dripped acid. A monster who ached for freedom. A monster that longed to flay the very soul from his victims, that monster was called the Darkrider. ↗

— Michael B. Patterson

#supernatural #freedom

I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam
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— Jarod Kintz

#government #liberty #oppression #uncle-sam #freedom

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#truth #freedom

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#religious #rights #freedom

It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power, yet outside of this role it refuses to permit intellectuals to think or function independently. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#corporatism #freedom-of-thought #death

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#freedom #freedom

Fashion sighs after trends. I want timeless elegance. Fashion has no time. I do. I say: Hello Lady, how can I help you? Fashion has no time to even ask such a question, because it is constantly concerned with finding out: What will come next? It is more about helping women to suffer less, to attain more freedom and independence. ↗

— Yohji Yamamoto

#freedom

So then you’re free?’ ‘Yes, I’m free,’ said Karl, and nothing seemed more worthless than his freedom. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#freedom

Then I will speak upon the ashes. ↗

— Sojourner Truth

#freedom #women-s-rights #freedom

If every time we choose a turd, society, at a great expense, simply allows us to redeem it for a pepperoni, then not only will we never learn to make smart choices, we will also surrender the freedom to choose, because a choice without consequences is no choice at all. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#choice #consequences #freedom #redemption #responsibility