#mo

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#tea-party-movement-politics #freedom

To be a member of such a crowd ... is not much to be far removed from solitude; the freedom of everyone is assured by the freedom to which everyone else lays claim. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#democracy #freedom #individuality #mob #freedom

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. ↗

— Rose Macaulay

#better #common #delusion #make #talking

Der Endzweck des Staates ist [...] im Grund die Freiheit. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#freedom #rechtsstaat #freedom

Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,--it seemed the whole world, so limitless it stretched away at her feet,--feeling that infinite unspeakable sense of nearness to Heaven, remoteness from earth which comes only on mountain heights, she drew in a long breath of delight, and cried: "At last! at last, Alessandro! Here we are safe! This is freedom! This is joy! ↗

— Helen Hunt Jackson

#beauty #california #climbing #female-author #heaven

Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#morganville #funny

Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free. ↗

— Jacque Fresco

#freedom #freedom

Ah Padriac. I have often wondered if boys who have flaming red hair up top also have...yep. ↗

— L.A. Meyer

#humor #humor

It was peaceful, the air crisp; flocks of geese and wild ducks roamed through grassland down by the water. For a moment my heart leapt, and I saw a future for myself. I was alone, and free at last, amongst the birds and trees, from earth to sky. ↗

— Tara Hanks

#marilyn-monroe #freedom

To what extent does anybody control his destiny? Life is very much like falling of the edge of a cliff. You have complete freedom to make all the choices you want to take on your way down. My characters choose to yearn and not lose hope even when the odds are completely against them. It doesn't make the landing at the end of that fall any less painful but, somehow, it helps them keep a little dignity their bone broken body. ↗

— Etgar Keret

#free-will #hope #humor #writing #freedom