Freedom

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When you learn to be alone and not feel lonely, you learn to be free.

When you learn to be alone and not feel lonely, you learn to be free.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

When you get in debt you become a slave.

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.

Milton Friedman

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

To whom you tell your secret you surrender your freedom.

To whom you tell your secret you surrender your freedom.

Spanish proverbs

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

George Washington

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The story of the golden calf also reminds us that without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions—and there’s nothing freeing about that.

The story of the golden calf also reminds us that without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions—and there’s nothing freeing about that.

Jordan Peterson

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Charles Dickens

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Benjamin Franklin

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