#reed

Love doesn‘t magically turn the bars of their cell into rainbow beams and float them out to freedom on a cloud of unicorns and puppies. ↗

— Aggy Bird

#freedom

We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world view with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the center, and it is inevitably society, government, or the state. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#christianity #francis-schaeffer #legal-theory #politics #reformed

How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? ↗

— William Blake

#freedom

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#religion #freedom

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. 'I feel really guilty about getting drunk last night,' we say, when in actual fact we feel no guilt whatsoever or, at least, we could choose to feel no guilt. When people say to me, 'I drank too much last night,' I always reply, 'I drank exactly the right amount. ↗

— Tom Hodgkinson

#drinking #guilt #freedom

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent. ↗

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#women #freedom

If two parties with two sets of bad ideas cooperate, the result is not good policy, but policy that is extremely bad. What we really need are correct economic and politcal ideas, regardless of the party that pushes them. ↗

— Ron Paul

#freedom

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#fore #freedom #goodness #human #only

You are really and truly and completely free. There is no kicker. There is no if, and, or but. You are free. You can do it right or wrong. You can obey or disobey. You can run from Christ or run to Christ. You can choose to become a faithful Christian or an unfaithful Christian. You can cry, cuss, and spit, or laugh, sing, and dance. You can read a novel or the Bible. You can watch television or pray. You're free...really free. ↗

— Steve Brown

#grace #faith

A city which belongs to just one man is no true city ↗

— Sophocles

#tyranny #freedom