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Wenn wir uns erinnern, wie rassisch, religiös und politisch Verfolgte, die vom sicheren Tod bedroht waren, oft vor geschlossenen Grenzen anderer Staaten standen, werden wir vor denen, die heute wirklich verfolgt sind und bei uns Schutz suchen, die Tür nicht verschließen." [Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages] ↗

— Richard von Weizsäcker

#bigotry #freedom #intolerance #persecution #politics

This goes out to freedom fighters, graffiti writers, innocent lifers, grassroots organizers ↗

— Talib Kweli

#freedom

There was something of relative freedom in that feudal gesture of the vow; for no man asks vows from slaves anymore than from spades. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#freedom #history #vows #freedom

She needs her freedom, but I won’t let her have it. ↗

— Kenya Wright

#freedom

Let the freedom to fail give you the hope to fight. ↗

— John Piper

#hope #sin #freedom

I am no longer a divine biped. I am no longer the freest German after Goethe, as Ruge named me in healthier days. I am no longer the great hero No. 2, who was compared with the grape-crowned Dionysius, whilst my colleague No. 1 enjoyed the title of a Grand Ducal Weimarian Jupiter. I am no longer a joyous, somewhat corpulent Hellenist, laughing cheerfully down upon the melancholy Nazarenes. I am now a poor fatally-ill Jew, an emaciated picture of woe, an unhappy man. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#religious-freedom #freedom

I'm alert, full of purpose, free. An few the first time in a long time, I can breathe. ↗

— Moira Young

#freedom #freedom

The Convention promulgated this great axiom: "The liberty of one citizen ends where the liberty of another citizen begins," which comprises in two lines the entire law of human society. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#freedom

The Word frees us from smallness of mind (1 Kings 4:29) and from threatening confinements (Psalm 18:19). ↗

— John Piper

#life #living #open-mindedness #word #freedom

You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a fresh and open way will you discern at any given time what most serves your healing and freedom. ↗

— Tara Brach

#meditation #peace #spirituality #freedom