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"
Quotations
Freedom
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
-Abraham Lincoln
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
-Nelson Mandela
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.
-John Fowles
"The French Lieutenant's Woman "
There are people who are willing to protect freedom until there is nothing left of it.
-Heinar Kipphardt
"In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer"
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
-Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is limited by the need to coexist.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
-Ronald Reagan
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
