When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
Copy QuoteBetween stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Copy Quote View & ShareFreedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Copy Quote View & ShareFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Copy Quote View & ShareMan will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Copy Quote View & ShareNone are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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