#liberty

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#empire #erected #fifth #grave #liberty

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#grew #having #i #ignorant #liberty

When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint . . . . It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold. . . . they neglect their chief business which is to remain their own masters. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#political-economy #business

You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the State. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#creed #jinnah #liberty #political #religion

But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can’t agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress. ↗

— Caitlin Moran

#freedom #freedom-of-choice #liberty #pro-choice #freedom

I thought about the future, the oceans and continents he would cross, far away from everyone who knew and loved him. Far outside the sphere of his mothers prayers. Among the women of the future, there was one who would know his secrets and bear his children, and witness the changes the years worked on him. And it wouldnt be me. -Liberty Jones ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#heart-break #liberty-jones #sugar-daddy #travises #change

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be ↗

— James Baldwin

#liberty #freedom

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#freedom #liberty #freedom

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#freedom-of-thought #liberty #libraries #freedom

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. ↗

— John Milton

#according #argue #conscience #freely #give