#reed

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#constant #effect #enlightenment #facts #freedom

Life, for the living, is a gift of opportunity; an exercise of the will to choose. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#choice #freedom #gift #life #living

Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever...I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star, it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#beauty-in-literature #freedom #freedom-of-expression #freedom-of-speech #freedom-of-thought

Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#beauty #fear #freedom #lies #safe

The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#been #blocked #freedom #i #information

Once you have an animal, you have to commit to it. They need a sense of freedom, but, of course, they must have some boundaries. I am against hitting them though; just send the vibe and that will do it. ↗

— Connie Stevens

#am #animal #boundaries #commit #course

From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

#day #driving #first #greed #sheer

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. ↗

— Brian Eno

#behind #extremely #felt #focal #focal point

For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

#america #because #civil #civil liberties #destruction

We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq! ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#breeding #clear #collapsed #could #decision