So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state.
-Vladimir Lenin
Quotations
Freedom
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
-Albert Camus
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Freedom is limited by the need to coexist.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Nobody objected to live in prison
if already felt comfortable living in it.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.
-John Fowles
"The French Lieutenant's Woman "
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
