Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Only free men can negotiate, prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
-Nelson Mandela
The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
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"
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
Nobody objected to live in prison
if already felt comfortable living in it.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
-Ronald Reagan
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
-Jean Paul Sartre