Divorced?”Separated.’He tested his thumb against the pricks of the rose. ‘Women. They say you got all the freedom. Then you give them their freedom, and they don’t want it.’ (“Novelty”)

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut...

And, when the revolutionary cries that he is fighting for ‘freedom’, be sure to go running away from him just as fast as you can, for you can be damned certain he’s fighting for the...

Goddamn, sometimes it hurt to be free.

Der Gedanke ist ein Vogel, der Raum braucht und in einem Käfig von Worten zwar seine Flügel ausbreiten, aber nicht fliegen kann.

Where there is commerce there is peace.

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

He was aware of the irony that he who prized his freedom and willingness to seek the truth had been happiest when he had a defined purpose, a sense of duty and obligation, and a...

For some of us to be free, others must have narrow ranges of options

The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else.

The welfare of a people lies not in casting other peoples down but in peaceful collaboration.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

It is when one begins to lose the consciousness of freedom, and when the idea of necessity enters the world at all, when there is any hurry or strain anywhere, a letter to be written...

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

If you try to tame her she will fly away, because pretty little spirits like her, never like to be caged.

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you’re good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if...

The principle of freedom is the fundamental principle of morality and the objective of justice.

Without “the people,” there is no country.

Questions that will free you might have answers that will imprison you again.

In a society of increasingly mass-produced, assembly-line entertainment, where every individual is treated like an empty pitcher to be filled from above, jazz retains something of the spirit of the handicrafts of yesteryear. The print...

We return to face our superiors, our kindred, our friends— those whom we obey, and those whom we love; but even they who have neither, the most free, lonely, irresponsible and bereft of ties, —...

Sviluppate la vostra legittima stranezza.

Borrow my eyes so you may see your greatness and recognize the gifts that you were uniquely placed on this planet to learn from, to share, and to teach.

The processing of universals is the job of the unconscious. If we feed it the opposite it breaks; when it breaks we break and the people around us break.

Rights” are something made up by governments to make you feel like you’re buying something with your taxes.

A kite can’t really fly free,that’s just an expression. In order to soar high in the sky the string of a kite needs to be anchored. If the string breaks the kite drops back to...

Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure full of risk and promise.” (p. 248)

If I had wings I would fly,I’d soar on high where only eagles dareI’d let them rip, I’d let them tear, until all that remained was me bare.

The dirtier your Bible, the cleaner your heart!

A child comes from God, a child is a gift from God, but a child is not our possession. Give the child unconditional love and freedom. Respect the child, the child has its own soul....

Freedom is an illusion, but a valuable one.

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves…

The common people will let it go, oh yes. They will sell liberty for a quieter life. That is why they must be prodded, prodded.

You have to remember, rights don’t come in groups we shouldn’t have ‘gay rights’; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn’t have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not...

The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights...

The hope of free man in a frightened world is the values which man puts ahead of inventions when his back is to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith,...

Let go and go beyond living the dream, by dreaming the reality, into a reality beyond the dream.

when your actions towards acquiring leadership in any country portrays blatant mischief orchestrated towards disregarding the concepts of the constitution, you do not only become guilty of hijacking power which rightfully belong to the people,...

I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else....

When the vision of the U.S. government included guarding the rights of people but staying out of their way, America was an economic engine more powerful than anything the world had ever witnessed.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

As the master builder of your own life, build an open space, with room for your soul to breath, and be free.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

No marketplace, free or otherwise, is good when it fails to consider the basic human state of needs at every stage of life.

You have nothing. You posses nothing. You own nothing. You are free. All you have is what you are, and what you give.

I am done with the monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame.And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this...

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

Suddenly an unexpected series of sounds began to be heard in this place up against the starry sky. They were the notes of Oak´s flute. It came from the direction of a small dark object...

She had talked of this at length with Kadambari—Mrs. Dutt: Why should it not be possible for these freedoms to be universally available for women everywhere? And Mrs. Dutt had said that of course, this...

Freedom is nothing if you don’t take it with your bare hands.