Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is not an individual effort.
Yours comes only when you grant others theirs
-Sergio Aragonés
"The Groo Chronicles"
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
-Ambrose Bierce
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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"
Freedom is limited by the need to coexist.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
-Jim Morrison
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
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
